Keep a Big Enough Context
The more you can keep information in context, the better. Personally, this is why I tend to have a lot of piles on or near my office desk. I call that context. The cleaners call it “a mess.”
But often “out of sight” means “out of mind.” I need the pertinent things that I’m working on close at hand—in my mental working set, if you will, out on the desk where I can see them all at a glance, easily.
And in fact, keeping task-related items in context can be a huge benefit. You can instantly realize productivity gains of 20 to 30 percent just by getting yourself a second monitor, regardless of how you measure productivity.[157]
Get an instant productivity gain of 20 to 30 percent.
Why is that?
Instead of the desktop ...
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