Productivity
fromPsychology Today
8 hours agoThe Habit You Don't Realize Is Hurting Your Productivity
The human brain cannot multitask; it switches tasks, leading to attention residue that hampers productivity.
The contention that underpins the book is that our most valuable resource isn't time. It's attention if only we could take back control of where we place it. Montminy saw this in herself while researching the book, swapping in and out of the many, many hats of her own working week. We are in a crisis of distraction, she says. We are constantly task-switching. Our attention has been hijacked in so many ways.