{"id":442,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-08-02T10:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T10:41:00","slug":"aa-efficiencies-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/?p=442","title":{"rendered":"Attention Allocation Efficiencies #I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Attention Allocation Efficiency <\/span>(AAE) is the degree to which people allocate their quantum <a href=\"?p=356\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Attention energy beam<\/span><\/a> to the <span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">\u201cright\u201d places<\/span> at the <span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">\u201cright\u201d time<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Attention Efficiency Ratio<\/span> (AER) is the ratio between useful, valuable, or effective output to the total Attention energy input into any system or systems.<span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"> Questions are:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"6px; color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">can I delegate the processing of certain information?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px; color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">How urgent is the info in relationship to the rest?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px; color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Do I have to do it Now or can it wait till Later?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Assigning task priorities is a critical part of Attention Allocation<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">. It involves: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px; color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">(a) discovering how someone prioritizes tasks,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"6px; color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">which parameters are used?<\/span><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The ones detailed in the job-description?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The ones just issued by a superior?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Doing others a favor?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px; color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">do they each time ask themselves:<\/span><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Why Now?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">What&#8217;s the purpose?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Is it relevant to my work?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">How much time will it take?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Do I feel resistance to doing this?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">What will I do to resolve that? Use the <a href=\"?p=164\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">c2C<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">How will be its effect on other important tasks?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"6px; color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">(b) verifying if tasks that should be done by others are indeed delegated,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px; color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">(c) helping others focus their quantum Attention bits on tasks with the highest priority.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">develop reliable alarming systems, <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">structure the Attention Allocation process,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">raise the level of work-automation to the maximum,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">aim for moderate workload levels, often resulting in optimum performances,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"6px; color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The ability to measure AAE is a critical component of designing good workflow. These metrics include:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"6px; color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">costs of task switching,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px; color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">the frequency of task switching,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px; color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">wait times because of poor situation organization.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"?p=443\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attention Allocation Efficiency (AAE) is the degree to which people allocate their quantum Attention energy beam to the \u201cright\u201d places at the \u201cright\u201d time. Attention Efficiency Ratio (AER) is the ratio between useful, valuable, or effective output to the total Attention energy input into any system or systems. 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