Organization and Tough Mental Tasks

BY FERN RICHARDSON MBA PHEC

We can do some things pretty much on auto pilot. Then there is the work that requires sustained, intense mental energy. How can you stay focused on challenging mental work and still avoid mental fatigue? One way is to reduce the brain’s perception of the effort needed. Whenever possible match your best mental self with tough mental tasks and challenges in your day.

You are more likely to procrastinate and even quit the tough task early if you must make multiple decisions before getting to the tough task. Do yourself a favour and routinize your low priority items and unimportant tasks. This eliminates the need to use precious mental energy on less important things. For example, pick out what you’ll wear to work the night before and on workday mornings plan to eat the same healthy breakfast every day. This saves your all-important mental energy for high priority decisions.

Aim to do your most important work early in the day when your willpower is strongest. Be consistent with work breaks. Some time away from the tough task can allow your unconscious to wrestle with the information. Often, after changing tasks for a few minutes or taking a break, the obvious answer magically appears. How you view the amount of effort re“Step back, take an quired for the job seems to matter most. objective look at the If you allow yourself to feel overwhelmed by a task you may be imagining it as tough task and then harder than it actually is. Step back, take break it down into smaller bites.” an objective look at the tough task and then break it down into smaller bites. Bring your effectiveness “A game” to the completion of tough mental tasks. Save your brainpower for important decisions, do tough tasks early in the day, take breaks to recharge and break the big task down into smaller-sized chunks. Fern, is a speaker at GISC 2021 Virtual, please check out their session live or on-demand with an event registration.

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