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Today's podcast is brought to you by Athletic Greens, a core part of my morning routine since 2011. We are far more connected and online than at any point in history but what do we have to show for that additional connectivity in the form of output? One would hope that with all these apps, productivity tools, and calendar organizers in our life, our work would be higher quality and completed in a more efficient manner. Unfortunately, that hope is a bit misguided.

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When compared to our ancestors, our lives appear to be filled with significantly more attention-grabbing pulls in a variety of directions. Our attention is more divided than ever.
Attention residue is the idea that there is a cognitive cost to shifting your attention from one task to another. When our attention is shifted, there is a "residue" that remains in the brain and impairs our cognitive performance on the new task.
To fight back: (1) Work in deep focus blocks, (2) take regular walks or breathers between higher value tasks, and (3) batch processing times for messages. Implement these three strategies and you will immediately see a difference in your work quality and efficiency.