Are you constantly bombarded with emails, Slack messages, project updates, and urgent requests from your boss? Today, this is the norm for most of us. This rapid switch between activities, context switching, can sabotage your productivity. Even though you cannot eliminate context switching completely, you can minimize its negative effects by understanding how it works […]
Focusing while working is a problem many people face today. Between email, Slack, and social media notifications, distractions are so prevalent that it can be hard to focus on a task. According to Crucial Learning’s study of 1,600 respondents, two out of three struggle to fully focus on a single task. The majority of people […]
Baseball coach Tony La Russa once said, “There are always distractions if you allow them.” While certainly not wrong, we all get distracted. In fact, 99% of employees said they were distracted from their work tasks at some point during the day, according to a Poly study. Further, respondents were asked how these distractions affected […]
We all have those days when we convince ourselves that we aren’t as productive as we should be. Maybe it’s because you compare yourself to others or have fallen off the productivity rails. Regardless of the cause, we might hit the panic switch and frantically embrace new systems and processes. In reality? The root of […]
February is the shortest month of the year. 28 short days mark the end of the winter season. This month is marked by Valentine’s Day, and the Super Bowl. Sorry, this year is not a leap year — so NO 29th day this year. Even though it’s only missing a few days, February can feel […]
