Finding your "minimum effective dose" for tasks can not only save you time but make you more productive, too.
We all know trying to be the best at everything is a strategy that often results in failure. While cutting certain tasks out of our lives completely may not be an option, Christine Carter, sociologist and author of The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove At Home And Work says we can not only find more hours in the day but can improve our effectiveness in the tasks on our plate by following what those in the pharmaceutical industry call the "minimum effective dose." "Doctors are always trying to prescribe the least amount of pharmaceuticals for their patients that will still be effective," says Carter.