The Knowledge Worker - Knowledge cycles ⭕
Listen 🎧 to this newsletter, here. 👈 A continuous cycle of progress requires moving from research to practice in a short amount of time, repeatedly. But splitting important work into chunks of time is difficult because it seems unproductive. Switching gears feel like a waste of time, and people don't like to stop the type of work they’re doing because they'd prefer to move faster, not slow down or halt their current activity. However, developing an ongoing cycle that's driven by the feedback of previous tasks is a powerful model to use to make knowledge work efficient. Creative work requires immersion into many different types of work. Moving from one form of immersion to another is a matter of time management, not task management. This is why a task management system is never sufficient.
Learning to switch from research to note-taking to practicing does not decrease productivity rather it increases productivity. By splitting the work into manageable chunks you will get a slice of work done multiple times per day, which is more efficient than a big-bang approach of batching each task in isolation.
Short cycles pay off manyfold. It pays off because you become more relaxed about the overall project, you know where you'll be able to pick work up where you left off, and will be content that you achieved something substantial every day. Writing Knowledge Cycle:
Draft early and draft often. Until next time, Josh Duffney Listen to the Audiogram If you liked this post, why not share it? |
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