Gloria Mark: Every Interruption Costs You 23 Minutes

Get interrupted once and it takes about 23 minutes to fully refocus. UC Irvine researcher Gloria Mark has the data: our on-screen attention span collapsed from 2.5 minutes in 2004 to roughly 47 seconds today. For an agent juggling texts, portal pings, and DMs between showings, that's not a minor tax. It's the whole day leaking out in 23-minute chunks. Batch the noise. Guard the block.

Originally published by Gloria Mark in a Q&A at AnnieDuke.com. Read the full piece here: https://www.annieduke.com/qa-with-gloria-mark-author-of-attention-span-a-groundbreaking-way-to-restore-balance-happiness-and-productivity/