Glossary term
What is Attention residue?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Attention residue" means: When part of your mind stays on an unfinished task after you have moved to a new one. It is taught in Learn Faster and Get More Done. Related terms include Switch cost, Focus block, Deliberate practice and Parking list. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Attention residue?
When part of your mind stays on an unfinished task after you have moved to a new one.
Where is Attention residue taught?
Attention residue is defined in Learn Faster and Get More Done.
Which lessons cover Attention residue?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Learn Faster and Get More Done, lesson 4.3: What Switching Really Costs
Which terms are related to Attention residue?
Next to Attention residue in the course glossaries: Switch cost, Focus block, Deliberate practice, Parking list, Self-explanation, Batching, Blocked practice and Planning fallacy.
Switch costFocus blockDeliberate practiceParking listSelf-explanationBatchingBlocked practicePlanning fallacy
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Attention residue?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Learn Faster and Get More Done: None. You need one skill you want to learn and some time each week to practise it.