42. Well-Practiced Skills Don't Require Conscious Attention

Honed Skills Needn't Conscious Attention

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• If a skill is practiced so much to the point of becoming automatic, then it can be performed without much conscious attention
• It almost allows for multitasking (as multitasking doesn't really exist)
• Too many automatic steps, however, can lead to errors!

To Sum This Up...

• Automatic actions are a series of tasks or steps that are performed over and over and over...
• If needed, make a repetitive sequence easy to do for people, but over time they won't pay attention and this leaves huge room for error!
• Make it easy for people to redo/undo their last action in the sequence, if not the entire sequence
• Rather than a repetitive sequence/task, consider giving people a design where they can choose all the items they want to take action on and all options are available to be chosen, edited, manipulated, changed, etc. at the same time