Saturday, July 09, 2016

Constant Phone Notifications Are Ruining Your Productivity

Have you heard? Multitasking is so last year. New research has begun to suggest that becoming a GTD all star doesn’t necessarily mean doing it all, all at once. The new way to work is by dialing into one activity, also called monotasking
Admittedly, monotasking does not always come easy these days. You are constantly being bombarded with stimuli: social media that updates in real time, text messages, email alerts, Twitter mentions, Slack messages, Trello notifications (gulp). How are you supposed to focus with all this stimuli fighting for your attention?
There is only one answer: turn them off. That’s right, all of them.

Constant Phone Notifications Are Ruining Your Productivity



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