Dan Ariely had a great tip when we asked him about productivity – “I basically try not to waste time. What I do is when I get tired of one task, I move to another one. I think often when people get tired of one thing, they think “let me go to Facebook, and I’ll get some energy and I’ll go back to this.” When I get tired of one thing I just switch to something else. I think the amount of hours I end up working is much higher because of that.”
I am one of those who checks my RSS feeds/email when I get tired of a task. My aim for the week is to implement Dan’s approach. I find that a pre-requisite for this approach is a well planned list that includes a slew of work and personal tasks. That way, you just need to toggle back to the list and pick up the next one when you are tired of the current one.
More to follow.
A Learning a Day 