ALBERT EINSTEIN

•High quality work produced = time spent x intensity of focus

• More intensity of focus, less time spent

• Attention residue - when you switch from some Task A to another Task B, your attention doesn’t immediately follow—a residue of your attention re...

Living in a culture of non-stop productivity, we refuse to take real breaks. We put off sleeping in or reading by the window. Even if we do manage to take time away, it comes with the feeling that we should be doing things. We feel guilty about any wasted time.

But “wasted” time is...

When you switch from one task to another, your attention doesn't immediately follow—part of it remains stuck thinking about the previous task. This creates what Professor Sophie Leroy calls attention residue.

Research findings on this effect:

• Even brief glances a...