In today’s digital age, where there’s a constant influx of notifications, emails and social media updates, maintaining focus at work has become increasingly challenging.
Studies have shown that, for screen-focused work, our average attention span dropped from two-and-a-half minutes in 2004 to just 47 seconds in 2021. This decline in focus not only affects our productivity but also impacts our overall job performance and satisfaction. Keep reading for some tips on how to reclaim your attention and enhance work efficiency.
Once upon a time (before we headed into today’s digital world), the main distraction most of us had during a working day was a conversation about the best of last night’s television over tea break!
But now, with notifications informing us of the arrival of the latest email, text, WhatsApp or social media post/ story, our working days can sometimes feel like one long interruption, resulting in little progress on the ‘to do’ list.
There are, however, methods which can be used to get around this problem so, today, we’re going to look at an approach called ‘deep work’. Read on to find out how you can kill those distractions and get more done.