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Even before the pandemic attention deficits, Manoush Zomorodi was challenging us for being distracted by our phones. Her TED talk is worth 16 minutes of an animal health pro’s time. She has included the knowledge, voices and stories from various professionals. Consider watching the video with team members.
When your body goes on autopilot, your brain gets busy forming new neural connections that connect ideas and solve problems, shares Zomorodi. She explains how our default mode allows the connection between spacing out and creativity.
Take a break, stare out the window, and know that by doing nothing, you are actually being your most productive and creative self.” – Manoush Zomorodi
Source: TED, April 2017. Link. Video (16:04) A decade ago, we shifted our attention at work every three minutes . . . now we do it every 45 seconds, says Zomorodi.
NOTE: Daniel Joseph Levitin, FRSC, shares that every time you shift your attention from one thing to another the brain has to engage a neurochemical switch that uses up nutrients in the brain to accomplish that. So if you’re attempting to multi-task . . . you’re not actually doing four or five things at once because your brain doesn’t work that way . . . instead you’re rapidly shifting from one thing to the next depleting limited neural resources as you go.
Also see: The 2-home screen smartphone rule, INC. July 18, 2023. Link. “You can have all the apps. Just don’t put them on your home screen,” says Jason Aten.