Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Distracted From Basic Science - Interruption Management
Makes you wonder what is distracting them from basic science:
American's Understanding of Science: From the National Science Foundation's biennial report issued on April 30, 2002 on the state of science understanding, research, and education, of 1,574 adults surveyed:
* 46% didn't know long it takes the Earth to orbit the sun. (One year.)
* 55% didn't know that lasers work by focusing light.
* 49% didn't know that antibiotics kill bacteria but not viruses.
* 52% didn't know that the earliest humans didn't live at the same time as the dinosaurs.
Also:
* 43% read the astrology charts at least occasionally in the newspaper.
What's worse, the percentages haven't much to this day. Nearly 50% believe that God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years Labels: distracted, information management, knowledge, science, statistics, study
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Negative News to Capture Your Attention - Interruption Management
What kind of information do you regularly receive from your favorite media sources? What type of picture do they paint about American society? Chris Michaud in a New York Post feature from 2007 wrote, "A surprising 94% of Americans say they are satisfied with their lives -- although far fewer in New York and other Eastern states think they're better off than they were five years ago, according to a new survey."
Why is this information relevant 10 year later? Perhaps certain media powers are pushing an agenda. So, ignore the New York Times and the other eastern media elite, and you might have a better chance of grasping current reality. Labels: American society, contentment, current events, happiness, inofrmation, media, New York Times, newspaper, satisfaction
Monday, September 04, 2017
When Information Interrupts - Interruption Management
Information yields all types of trend data, be it the rise of smartphone use, or the popularity of Twitter. What we never receive is how these trends add up: where things are going.
everything hits you from the left and right with no discernible pattern and no unifying theme, our lives seem hectic, change seems unmanageable, and few people have a clue as to how to prudently proceed in their lives. Labels: comprehension, data, future, hectic, information management, pattern, trends
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Health Care and Interruptions - Interruption Management
In an article Sidetracks on the Safety Express, Matthew Grissinger, RPh, FASCP convincingly makes the case for doing one thing at a time and avoiding multi-tasking if at all possible.
Three Excerpts:
"...the risk of any medication error increases 12.7% with each interruption,
and the risk of a harmful medication error is doubled when nurses are
interrupted four times during a single drug administration and tripled
when they’re interrupted six times. Thus, distractions and interruptions have major consequences in health care."
"Distractions and interruptions include anything that draws away,
disturbs, or diverts attention from the task at hand, forcing attention
on a new task at least temporarily. Attending to the new task increases
the risk of an error with one or both of the tasks because the stress of
the distraction or interruption causes cognitive fatigue, which leads
to omissions, mental slips or lapses, and mistakes."
"New staff members are particularly vulnerable to distractions and
interruptions because interrupting a new task to do a second task
affects how the brain processes and stores the information, thereby
compromising the ability to recall the new task correctly at a later
date." Labels: attention, brain, consequence, distract, error, health, interrupt, lapse, mistake, nurses, safety, sidetrack, vulnerable
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
The High Cost of Procastination - Interruption Management
An article “Man returns book overdue since 1960” features the high cost of procrastination! In 2007, Robert Nuranen of Hancock, Michigan turned in a book that he had borrowed for a ninth-grade assignment. Mr. Nuranen claimed that his mother misplaced the copy of Prince of Egypt while cleaning the house. Every now and then the family came across it, only to set it aside again. He found the book again around New Year’s day while going through a box in the attic, presuming looking for something else.
"I figured I'd better get it in before we waited another 10 years," he reported with a $171.32 check, equal to 47 years' worth of late fees. Librarian Sue Zubiena said that the library had long ago lost any record of the book, but she said, "I'm going to use it as an example," she said. "It's never too late to return your books."
How many times did the thoughts of turning that book in cross his mind? How many interruptions did he engender? Labels: Jeff Davidson, late fees, proactivity, procrastination, productivity, time management
Friday, August 11, 2017
Fewer Interruptions, High Productivty - Interruption Management
Get interrupted less, achieve more: With office and workplace interruptions on the
rise, career professionals everywhere are experiencing
monumental struggles to stay focused. By some studies, today’s
typical worker is interrupted every 11 minutes and then takes
another 25 minutes to return to the original task because of
all the other distractions along the way.
The more often you can keep interruptions at bay, stay focused on the
task at hand, and allow yourself to do your best work, the more you’ll
get done in a day.
Labels: achievement, distraction, focus, interruption, productivity, workplace
Sunday, August 06, 2017
The Benefits of Solitude - Interruption Management
From Angela Brown International, ©1998, Wellness Training
There's a huge difference between being lonely and being alone. Alone is embracing solitude as you harmonize your material world with your soul. Lonely is living in emotional scramble mode, rushing to the phone or internet to connect with just anybody, doesn't matter who, or turning on the TV and radio for the sake of noise.
The next time you want to fill the void, please don't. Take a few minutes and enjoy just being you. Why would others want to be with you, if you don't want to be with you? It is a basic human need to be with and around others, yet you will continue to feel lonely until you are first, comfortable being alone. Labels: alone, Angela Brown, lonely, solitude, soul
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