Speed up from the point where the time consumption ratio is large.

• Minor acceleration

• For example, in an editor, it is faster to jump with search than to use the cursor keys to move the cursor.

  • For example, if you want to move the cursor to the “n” position in the string abcde…, you can do it with two touches of Ctrl-s n in Emacs.

• That in itself is true if you only focus on that narrow area, but how much of your life is spent moving the cursor?

• Pre-optimization profiling

• Compare the time you spend moving your cursor, looking for your missing smartphone, or reading a news article you don’t really want to read as an escape from a task you know in your head you have to do but don’t feel like doing.

• Concentration on an incorrect object

  • Compose for 30 minutes on an email that can be returned in 3 lines.

• Effort in an incorrect way - Efficiency of coin search

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