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#interruptions
#Interruptions are evil. #MultitaskingIsNotReal
Illegitimate interruptions #reduce #productivity in the #workplace, finds study
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-illegitimate-productivity-workplace.html
> A team of researchers from The University of Queensland has found employees experience more stress at work when interrupted with requests for unnecessary or unreasonable tasks.
Salesperson: A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met yet!
Me: Ok! Let’s be the kind of friends who don’t interrupt each others’ day to try to sell them something.
#sales #ColdCalling #interruptions
“You weren’t at your desk.”
I was working.
“But what if someone needs you!?”
Needs me for what? Needs me to be interrupted?
#focus #productivity #interruptions
Over on The Process Muse, we're talking about dealing with interruptions. Add your two cents here: https://devonellington.substack.com/p/dealing-with-interruptions
#Writing #WritingCommunity #TheProcessMuse #Process #Interruptions
The level that I care about having my work interrupted is directly proportional in how interested I am in doing that work.
Have you quit using Slack or MS Teams in order to improve deep work and reduce distractions?
How did it go?
Any recommendations?
Regrets?
"When we focus on #utilization, we worry too much about things like reducing #meetings and #interruptions and not enough time on things like reducing #delays and bad #handoffs."
https://medium.com/@jchyip/some-thoughts-on-organisational-effectiveness-efficiency-in-a-capital-constrained-environment-98758ff8689e #OrganisationalEffectiveness