Boosting efficiency
Our mind sometimes plays tricks on us. We feel like we are making good progress and going in the right direction, but if we were to take a break for a moment, we would see that what we are doing is wrong. It's natural to have these types of experiences, which are not necessarily pleasant.
The key to improving our effectiveness is, believe it or not, to distance ourselves from the problem. Take breaks, take a walk, let your mind wander somewhere else. We say that we are thinking with a clear mind. Well, less task switching and taking breaks clears our minds.
Reducing task switching
First, let's learn what task switching is and why it can be bad – or most of the time, a really bad idea. Your brain, like a computer processor, can only focus on one intellectual activity at a time. If we do more things, such as driving and speaking on the phone, the brain splits its time between these two activities, like a computer processor. When we need...