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Ep. 261: Control Your Time
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
The Benefits of Theming Tasks for Efficient Cognitive Context Switching
To optimize productivity, it's helpful to group similar tasks together. When you switch between different types of tasks, your brain has to constantly change its cognitive context, leading to mental fatigue. By organizing tasks into themed blocks, such as family-related or work-related, you can eliminate the resistance and fatigue caused by context switching. This approach can even be applied to cleaning your email inbox, where you can handle messages related to specific themes during dedicated admin blocks. By reducing cognitive context switching, you can improve efficiency and make tasks feel easier.
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