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London 10 February 2011

Time & the attention deficit

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Managing you personal time is one of the most critical skills we can teach the next generations.Presented at The Fantastic Tavern, London - Feb 2011.

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London10 February 2011

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Do you Wilf ? (What was I looking for)Average time to concentrate on a single task uninterrupted = 2.7mins

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Multitasking no longer +ve

Multitaskers =

30% slowerTwice the errorsLess creative

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Avoid medicalisations:

Attention Deficit SyndromeMultitasking Disorder

(these are BS)

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green redblue

Stroop test:We’ve got faster at this recently

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Bruce

Winston

Read the story of Bruce and Winston and the Hipstamatic at: http://hipstamatic.com

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Press here…

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…and wait

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…and wait, and wait

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…and wait, and wait, and wait

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…and wait, and wait, and wait, and wait… until finally 12 seconds later – your pic is ready

Is this wait designed to make you a better photographer? Do you consider your image more before you snap?

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Try Pomodoro cycles:

25mins uninterrupted concentration followed by 5 mins break

25 : 5 : 25 : 5 : 25 : 15

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Instead of filling your dead times (short spare moments), just for a day try to leave them dead and think.

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Let’s teach our kids by our example how to concentrate

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