With the type of fast-paced, competitive and highly digitized ecosystem we live in, it’s painstakingly clear that a lot of people have been plagued by this unshakeable sense of mindlessness. This ...

While humans can improve their ability to switch between two tasks, monotasking–doing one thing at a time–is far more efficient. Although numerous studies tell us remote working boosts efficiency, ...

Distraction is so infused into our daily lives that much of the time we hardly even notice ourselves succumbing to it. How often do you find yourself mindlessly thumbing away at your phone, with no ...

Amid the pandemic, numerous horror stories circulated about bosses watching their employees’ every move through constant Zoom surveillance during the workday. Although being monitored by video call at ...

If you’re a connoisseur of productivity methods–and even if you aren’t–you’ve likely heard about “monotasking,” the alternative to multitasking in which the name of the game is to stop juggling ...

Albert Einstein said: "Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves." This quote highlights a damning fault in our attention spans ...

For so long, the concept of juggling many tasks at once was a resume-worthy skill. In a way, the more balls you could keep in the air without seemingly faltering, the more adept you appeared to ...

I burned the top of my hand on the oven rack this week when pulling out a baked potato while looking at a text from my mother. The burn looks like South Carolina and it isn’t the first time I’ve ...

Distractions and switching between two tasks, especially when working online, can make you tired by the end of day. So, millenials are taking to unitasking to not only finish work on time, but also to ...

On the surface, the concept of multitasking sounds dynamic and kind of cool—the word originated in the 1960s computer boom, after all, and retains its connotations of hyper-competency and ...