Even more so, specific content knowledge can apply and help out in other fields. And even a local company is likely to pay better than trying to earn money without a job: running an illegal street stall, working as a prostitute, or combing reeking landfills in cities like Manila to find recyclable goods.”Įiduson studied some of the top creative scientists, and found that, on average, creative scientists switched their research topics 43 times while writing their first 100 research papers.Īccording to Harford, slow motion multitasking works because creativity occurs when a subject is taken from its original context and applied elsewhere. They stay there, too turnover rates of multinational-owned factories are low, because conditions and pay, while bad, are better than those in factories run by local firms. Workers go there voluntarily, which means-hard as it is to believe-that whatever their alternatives are, they are worse. But sweatshops are the symptom, not the cause, of shocking global poverty.
Her research, which continued in the hands of others after she died, found that people who consistently produced creative and important work focused on multiple projects at once. Eiduson was a psychologist who studied what made certain people produce consistently creative work. Harford came up with the term “slow motion multitasking,” however he built on a foundation of multitasking research done by Bernice Eiduson. ― Tim Harford, Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives “Managers could be tidy-minded simply because tidiness seemed like the right and proper way to be.” This way, one thing doesn’t require all your focus at once rather, he says, you will benefit by juggling multiple endeavours. Harford’s concept of slow motion multitasking inspires us to make the most of our creativity by being able to alternate between different subjects or projects. ― Tim Harford, Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure Slow motion multitasking-having multiple projects on the go at the same time and going back and forth according to your mood. And that is not something human brains seem to be able to do without a struggle.”
It means taking problems in our stride when a decision doesn't work out, whether through luck or misjudgment. “Accepting trial and error means accepting error.
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