Do you struggle to stay alert and focused throughout the workday, zoning out for long periods or leaning on caffeine to push through to 5 p.m.? It’s not you, it’s your schedule, according to a new book.
In Hyperefficient: Optimize Your Brain to Transform the Way You Work, author and neuroscientist Dr. Mithu Storoni argues that understanding how your brain works best, and reorganizing your schedule around that, can transform your focus and productivity. She found the brain peaks in terms of focus from around 9 or 10 a.m. to 1 or 2 p.m., and then again from 3 or 4 p.m. to 8 or 10 p.m. Those are the best times to complete attention-heavy tasks, says Storoni.
