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No matter how consistent you are with your habits, it is inevitable that life will interrupt you at some point. Perfection is not possible.
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200 |
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…it takes ten to twenty times the amount of the interruption time to return to the previous task: It can take five minutes are a mere thirty-second interruption to get back on track.
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64 |
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In flow, humans lose themselves and feel most at peace. It is a state… greater than happiness. And it requires undivided attention and uninterrupted time.
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66 |
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Work is more fragmented now because… e-mails and instant messages mean we are bombarded with important – and more often enticing and trivial – interruptions from anywhere in the world at any time.
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164 |
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…a person who is interrupted takes 50 percent longer to accomplish a task and makes up to 50 percent more errors.
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117 |
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Interruptions is not collaboration, it’s just interruption. And when you’re interrupted, you’re not getting work done.
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104 |
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Your day is under siege by interruptions. It’s on you to fight back.
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106 |
