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Switching it up: the cost of switching between tasks

Mar 30, 202315 minSeason 8Ep. 12
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Episode description

When we switch between one task and another due to an interuption there is a cost. Whilst we may feel like we are managing we often underestimate the toll task-switching has on our time, productivity and wellbeing. In this episode we take a brief look at how we get interupted, the cost of those interuptions and the impact it has on learning, productivity and our wellbeing as a whole. Plus there is a great little experiment you can do so have a pen and paper ready. The book mentioned is Flow: the classic work on how to achieve happiness by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

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