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How to Negotiate the Situation
During the peak, as we talked about at length, that's when you should be doing analytic work. During the trough, which is early to mid afternoon, our performance drops considerably and we should be doing administrative tasks. And then during the recovery, which for 80% of us is later in the day, it's an interesting time because our mood goes back up. However, our vigilance does not go back up. Our vigilance remains low but that combination of high mood and low vigilance can be powerful for certain kinds of cognitive tasks.