Ward physicians multitasked twice as often as ED physicians as 20 percent more often than ward nurses. Despite these differences, all clinicians prioritized direct care tasks over documentation tasks, ...
We live in an era when endless switching from one type of activity to another has become a necessity of life. Throughout the day, our focus on specific tasks gets disrupted by various emails, texts, ...
Imagine you're deep into something you love—maybe hyperfocused, maybe just finally in the groove. Suddenly you need to move on to something totally different. Prefer to listen rather than read? Press ...
You sit down at 8 AM with a clear plan, and by 9:30 am, you have toggled between email, Slack, a sprint board, a document review, and a surprise calendar hold that wasn’t there yesterday. Context ...
Are you constantly bombarded with emails, Slack messages, project updates, and urgent requests from your boss? Today, this is the norm for most of us. This rapid switch between activities, context ...
Recently, I wrote about how I'm better at starting tasks than finishing them. Since publishing that post, it's been interesting to hear from others who are the same. Typically, we think of ...
If you live with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, you know firsthand how this condition affects your brain. One of the biggest impacts is the way ADHD can make it difficult to ...