• It lowers your IQ – a study at the University of London claims that multitasking may make your IQ drop for 15 points, reducing you to the cognitive capacities of an 8-year-old child.
• It lowers your EQ – multitasking reportedly damages a key EQ brain region, lowering your Social Awareness and Self-Awareness in the process.
• It damages your brain – a study at the University of Sussex shows that multitasking may diminish your brain density and may damage your brain.
• It makes you lose time – you’re losing time when shifting your focus from one task to another – a study at the University of California shows that this “switching cost” time may build up to 25 minutes.
• It makes you less productive overall – a study at Stanford University shows that you are simply less productive when multitasking than when working on one task at a time.

So, since you’ve seen for yourself that single-tasking is the new multitasking,  here are some tips on how to effectively single-task:

1. Get rid of distractions –
   put your headphones on, set your phone to silent, set your devices to the “Do Not Disturb” mode to avoid them distracting you from focusing on your task.
2. Designate focus time that will be free from distractions –
   it’s much easier to stay focused on one task, when you know how long you have to remain focused, so time-block your schedule.
3. Take regular breaks and split your bigger tasks into smaller meaningful sub-tasks –
   you don’t have to finish one giant task in one sitting – you can parse your task into smaller sub-tasks and leave some time for breaks. As long as you work on one sub-task until you’re finished with it you’ll still be single-tasking, and breaks will help you recharge.

Remote workers are more satisfied with their jobs

Remote workers are more satisfied with their jobs

Remote workers are more satisfied with their jobs