We live in an age of information and communication overload, with significant pressure to “do more” or “learn more.” There is a never-ending stream of requests for our attention, and email is the main source of such requests in the workplace.
As a result:
o People constantly feel they are missing out on something and need to do more, resulting in stress and unhappiness.
o Relentless interruptions prevent people from completing tasks quickly. (*)
o Instead of working on their most important task, people choose the “loudest” or the last to catch their attention. As a result, important work gets delayed or never completed.
o Believing they could’ve done more throughout the day, people feel even more miserable.
Current communication tools from email applications, like Outlook and Gmail, to chat apps, like Slack and Microsoft teams, don’t do anything to counter this natural dynamic."
(*) PDS: Or completing them at all...
...the greater the task undertaken, the greater the need for large swaths of uninterrupted time... frequently over a day, sometimes more than several days, a week, a month, a year, or even several years -- for big-time, big-league, press-the-envelope, move-the-needle, gargantuan human achievements...
peter_d_sherman 9 hours ago |
>"Why we feel overwhelmed
We live in an age of information and communication overload, with significant pressure to “do more” or “learn more.” There is a never-ending stream of requests for our attention, and email is the main source of such requests in the workplace.
As a result:
o People constantly feel they are missing out on something and need to do more, resulting in stress and unhappiness.
o Relentless interruptions prevent people from completing tasks quickly. (*)
o Instead of working on their most important task, people choose the “loudest” or the last to catch their attention. As a result, important work gets delayed or never completed.
o Believing they could’ve done more throughout the day, people feel even more miserable.
Current communication tools from email applications, like Outlook and Gmail, to chat apps, like Slack and Microsoft teams, don’t do anything to counter this natural dynamic."
(*) PDS: Or completing them at all...
...the greater the task undertaken, the greater the need for large swaths of uninterrupted time... frequently over a day, sometimes more than several days, a week, a month, a year, or even several years -- for big-time, big-league, press-the-envelope, move-the-needle, gargantuan human achievements...