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November 4, 2021

5 diagrams that show how context switching can sap your productivity

Thursday, November 04, 2021 Teklinks

Ever finish a workweek in a state of total exhaustion but you weren’t sure why? You had your usual amount of sleep. You didn’t work any extra hours. You didn’t even experience more stress than usual. But for some reason, by Friday afternoon, you’re ready to go to bed and not get up until Sunday. One possible explanation is that your context-switching tax was too high throughout the week.

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