The Power of Batching 📝

2023-04-14 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:47 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial

In a Short, Ali explains batching, grouping similar tasks and doing them all at once, and suggests checking email only in the morning and again in the afternoon to avoid constant interruptions.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Distractions eat the day; batching similar tasks, from emails to phone calls and errands

• ★★ Instead of checking email throughout the day, Ali suggests batching it: checking it all at once in the morning and again in the afternoon, so constant interruptions do not derail the tasks in between. — 00:00:29

Threads in this video

• refine · How should you manage your email? — Instead of checking email throughout the day, Ali suggests batching it: checking it all at once in the morning and again in the afternoon, so constant interruptions do not derail the tasks in between. (00:00:29)
• refine · Should you batch similar tasks together? — Instead of checking email throughout the day, Ali suggests batching it: checking it all at once in the morning and again in the afternoon, so constant interruptions do not derail the tasks in between. (00:00:29)

Mentioned

Central: batching

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