World Class Work Culture of Super Producers
How the experts at world class produce masterworks ? While we struggle of mental blocks, fatigue and fog.
How does the super producers have a great amount creativity, productivity and attention?
I am writing this blog for people who want to produce masterpieces in their field but lack the mental attention, focus and creativity. For those who feel depleted after the first few hours of work.
This blog deals with clearing mental fatigue and fog and protecting attention, creativity and productivity through out the work day.
Read though the end to know the technique world class experts use to produce masterwork every single day.
The Human Society has moved evolved from a industrial society which demanded physical labour to intellectual society which demands cognitive work.
Though this has changed the work culture has not changed.
Our grandfathers and fathers used to work long hours, producing something.
Working long hours, until their body got exhausted, in no way affected the quality of their work.
The more time they worked the more they got paid.
This type of work culture is still prevailing even after the society has moved from the industrial age to the information age.
Here’s the thing. The problem here is many entrepreneurs and corporate giants don’t understand how this culture affects the efficiency and effectiveness of the workers.
May be the industrial age working long hours and pushing to physical limits would have produced more. But now when we are demanded of superior cognitive work, our brain can’t work for long extended hours, just to produce some more.
Our brains work in brief cycles of enormously creative work and deep recovery.
Super producers (ie, experts in their field who produce masterwork) work with their full focus and attention for a specific time period, until their creative warehouse gets depleted and retreat to rest and recover. So that they can get to work renewed and full of creative energy.
Attention Is Limited
Our attention, creativity and productivity are limited resources. They get depleted once they get used. Cognitive Bandwidth is the term used to refer this. So resting renews it and helps us produce high quality work. Whereas otherwise if we continue to work for long hours without a break, enormously affects the quality of work.
Pomodoro and Flowtime Technique
One famous way of working in cycles is the Pomodoro Technique developed by Francesco Cirillo, which suggests working for 25 minutes and resting for 5 minutes. Because in the 25 minutes our brain loses its attention reserve, so taking a 5 minute break helps us work at optimum levels in the next 25 minutes. This is the technique I am using while writing this.
An alternative for pomodoro is the Flowtime Technique, where you choose to work on one task and work until you feel you need a break.
- For 25 minutes of work or less, take a five-minute break.
- For 25–50 minutes of work, take an eight-minute break.
- For 50–90 minutes of work, take a 10-minute break.
- For more than 90 minutes of work, take a 15-minute break.
Conclusion:
Try out various work cycles and find out what suits for you. Find out which cycle keeps you renewed.
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