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The Myth of Multitasking: Why Fewer Priorities Leads to Better Work
We fancy ourselves adept multitaskers, but studies show that our performance drops dramatically when we attempt to focus on more than one thing at a time. That’s because the human brain has an attentional bottleneck impacting both perception and action. In short, our efforts to get more done actually slow us down. Working memory also limits how muc
... See moreAnne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
The first principle of slow productivity provides what is ostensibly professional advice. Working on fewer things can paradoxically produce more value in the long term: overload generates an untenable quantity of nonproductive overhead.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
The silent productivity killer you've never heard of...
Attention Residue (and 3 strategies to fight back):
The concept of "attention residue" was first identified by University of Washington business professor Dr. Sophie Leroy in 2009.
The idea is quite simple:_... See more