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As portfolio professionals sometimes we might feel the need to multitask in order to ”increase” our performance and produce more work. This, however, can become a thread to our productivity due to the switching costs it involves for mind and brain.
This article published by the American Psychological Association reviews related research to help us understand how switching costs work: https://www.apa.org/research/action/multitask
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Opened to read later – in some attempt not to multi-task as much
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Interesting post Jesus Iniesta, thanks for sharing. I think there are times where multi-tasking can increase my productivity and times where my work quality suffers. This week I learned about diffused vs focussed thinking thanks to Paul Tiller and I think this has helped me understand when I am best to just step away and re focus so that I can increase my productivity.
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A very thought provoking article Jesus Iniesta and this carries on from the session that I ran for the team his week and that Fiona Chorlton-Voong was referencing. Interestingly, the next module in my series of ”Learning how to Learn” topics squarely tackles this area as I discuss and reveal the distractions that can cost us up to 23 minutes in lost productivity each time we lose focus!
My most productive time is early morning when there are no calls or emails coming in, and I ’batch process’ tasks for efficiency