Context switching is killing your gains (part 1)
I think a lot of us spend time optimizing our lives — but not our work. What if we do it the other way around? Work less & accomplish more?
I’m a little bit obsessive about efficiency — about getting things done, hitting goals quickly. I spend a good bit of time in the gym, optimizing. On a good week, I’ll hit the gym five or six times… but I want to get back to other things. So I’m always optimizing, figuring out how I can get a full workout in less time.
One thing that easily burns a lot of time is switching between exercises. I want to finish in under an hour, so I plan every workout. Which machines are close together. How can I minimize setup time between sets. Can I superset two different exercises back-to-back with no rest between them? Can I get my workout done, hit my goals, and finish in less than an hour?
I think a lot of us spend time optimizing our lives — but not our work. Trying to squeeze as much as we can out of our free time. I think we’re putting our effort in the wrong place.
What if we try to optimize our work, so we get more done and have a better life balance? There are so…
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