{"id":4755,"date":"2021-08-26T09:05:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T07:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tibicon.net\/en\/?p=4755"},"modified":"2021-09-01T17:28:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T15:28:53","slug":"how-can-you-improve-the-management-of-your-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tibicon.net\/en\/2021\/08\/how-can-you-improve-the-management-of-your-time\/","title":{"rendered":"How can you improve the management of your time?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are persuaded that we can do more than one thing at the same time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And this is true.<\/p>\n

We can walk and read the newspaper, listen to music while ironing a shirt, or shave and think about what we are going to do in a while; but we are not so conscious that, in doing two things at the same time, the recall of one of them vanishes<\/strong>: or, at least, becomes weak.<\/p>\n

So if you read the newspaper while walking, you will hardly remember the walk; if you iron a shirt and listen to music, you will direct your attention alternately to the shirt or the song, without remembering the details.<\/p>\n

Things are not different when we talk about technology and the quality of our work.<\/p>\n

The time needed to engage in activities that require
\nfull concentration is approximately 10-15 minutes.<\/h4>\n

When we receive an e-mail, a text message or a phone call, we have to add at least 10-15 minutes in order to \u201creconnect\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If the interruption requires a reply to a message, and therefore attention needs to be directed to a different topic, the time for reconnection may double.<\/p>\n

In short,<\/p>\n

let’s remove the idea of being multitasking from our minds.<\/h4>\n

Sometimes we may have the illusion of being multitasking because we can switch from one undemanding task to another quite easily, handling them in parallel: but we perform these actions automatically because they require little attention.<\/p>\n

Are computers multitasking?<\/p>\n

No, neither the computers are<\/strong>; they are programmed to switch from different activities thousands of times per second, giving us only the illusion of managing them simultaneously.<\/p>\n

But they are not.<\/p>\n

If we want to have a measure of the quality of our time management, we have to calculate the time stolen by continuous interruptions,<\/strong> as listed below:<\/span><\/p>\n