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Thursday, October 20, 2016

How Your Devices Hurt Productivity: Tips How to Focus and Be Productive

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The digital age has caught up with us. We’re wrapped around technology and it’s slowly sucking us in. There may be ways that we can do not to let it destroy our focus and attention.

Author Lesley Mcclurg from npr.org says that multitasking can be the reason why you’re not getting any work done. Surprised? A book called The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High Tech World by neuroscientist Dr. Adam Gazzaley and research psychologist Larry Rosen explains why the brain cannot do different things at once. Doing so lowers the productivity of an individual.

Explore more of Mcclurg’s interview with Gazzaley, and get tips how to be more focus and attentive at work.

Don’t Look Now! How Your Devices Hurt Your Productivity

Based on his research, when UCSF neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley needs to focus on a big project he now clears his desk, works on one screen and turns off his phone. Read more…

Heather R. Huhman from entrepreneur.com says that there are four basic ways to stop technology from messing with you at work. There can be times that you won’t be able to stop looking at your phone (well, maybe it’s ALL the time), just to check your email or get an update about something. She said that a report found that 90 percent of people claim that mobile devices help them get their jobs done and that’s based on Wrike’s 2016 Mobile Productivity Report.

However, 30 percent said that it stopped them from managing their work-life balance. That’s still a big chunk – this is why the author gave us these basic guidelines how to let mobile technology help our productivity.

4 Ways to Keep Mobile Tech from Hindering Productivity in the Workplace

To assure that employees get the most from their devices, employers need to set parameters for these devices’ use, both in and outside the office. With the right parameters in place, mobile tech will continue to help, not hurt productivity. Read more…

CNBC.com author Susie Poppick says that phones are the greatest efficiency killers at work. A survey from CareerBuilder found that employers think that mobile phones ultimately impact the productivity of their employees at work.

About 20 percent of the employers claim that workers only do less than five hours of work because of the devices. CareerBuilder spokesperson Jennifer Grasz says that it’s a lot of time wasted.

Top Distractions at Work and How to Increase Productivity

Bosses say workers waste too much time on their personal phones. Employees tell a very different story, a recent poll has found. Read more…

Non-productivity is a big issue, especially in the corporate world. These are just a few things that can help people get by and refocus their attention, but it’s still up to them if they’re willing enough to discipline themselves.

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