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Paying attention to attention
Paying attention to attention
There are people and organizations that are working overtime to redirect and manipulate your attention. The question is: Are they more aware and careful in how you spend your attention than you are…
·seths.blog·
Paying attention to attention
Stop Multitasking and Try Timeboxing — HBR IdeaCast
Stop Multitasking and Try Timeboxing — HBR IdeaCast
There are all kinds of productivity tools out there promising to help you make the most of your day. Some people swear by timeboxing: the method of reserving time on your calendar each day for each task you want to get done, and then truly focusing on that one thing at a time. The return on merging your to-do list with your calendar like this, says Marc Zao-Sanders, is higher productivity, better collaboration, and less distraction and anxiety. He explains how try to the method yourself and the how your team and organization benefit from it, not just you. Zao-Sanders is author of the book “Timeboxing: The Power of Doing One Thing at a Time.”
·overcast.fm·
Stop Multitasking and Try Timeboxing — HBR IdeaCast
xkcd: The Pace of Modern Life
xkcd: The Pace of Modern Life
'Unfortunately, the notion of marriage which prevails ... at the present time ... regards the institution as simply a convenient arrangement or formal contract ... This disregard of the sanctity of marriage and contempt for its restrictions is one of the most alarming tendencies of the present age.' --John Harvey Kellogg, Ladies' guide in health and disease (1883)
·xkcd.com·
xkcd: The Pace of Modern Life