Best Time for Tough Tasks: 11 AM to 2 PM

[Daniel E.]

11 AM to 2 PM: Best for Tough Tasks

By now [11 AM], levels of the sleep hormone melatonin have dipped sharply from their late evening and early morning peaks. This means you're more ready to take on a load of projects, according to German researchers. They found that reaction time and the ability to accomplish several to-dos were strong in the middle of the day.

Tear through that list—because of your mental quickness, this time of day is best for taking action. One tip: Cross items off one at a time, says Ren? Marois, PhD, director of the Human Information Processing Laboratory at Vanderbilt University. Attempts to juggle tasks simultaneously put additional demands on your brain, making you more likely to lose concentration and make slip-ups.

excerpted from: 8 Times You’re Naturally Brilliant - Prevention.com

 

[mentalbrain]

nice analysis, but from my experience of work I need to respectively disagree

the best time to do difficult tasks is first thing in the morning because your concentration and focus is higher. Of course, I appreciate from a hormonal perspective it might be non-optimal but there are also other things to consider here.

for example - intention, do you really want to be messing around doing easy things when you have a difficult and gruelling task soon to come up? personally, I like to get the gruelling things over and done with. Would give me more satisfaction - not to mention this would boost feel good chemicals in my brain

just my opinion and addition, but what you're saying is equally valid and interesting

 

[Daniel E.]

To add to your point:

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