Task transitioning improves focus

Task transitioning improves focus

Task transitioning improves focus

When trying to improve your work output, improve job satisfaction and avoid job exhaustion, focus on one task at a time. Although multi-tasking sounds like you can get more done, in reality, you will get less done and your accuracy may suffer. Psychologists have found that multitasking may seem efficient but can actually take more time in the end and cause more errors.

Training yourself to transition well from one task to the next will reinforce focusing on one task at a time. Smart task-transitioning can help you to rest and allow your mental and physical self to re-engage in a new type of work and spur creativity and stamina. Here are some tips for transitioning well: 

• End meetings or calls 5 minutes before the hour to give yourself a mental or bathroom break.
• When done with a task, celebrate! Check off your to-do list, chat with a friend or buy yourself a coffee.
• Walk to the break area and eat a healthy snack like vegetables sticks, a piece of fruit between tasks.
• Have a movement break (walk, deep knee bends, and “jumping-jacks”) away from your desk between tasks.
• Take a meditation or deep breathing break between tasks. 
• When starting your new task, turn off messaging alerts and/or other potential distractions.
• When staring the new task, plan it so you have a time-frame and expectation for completing it.

Planning ahead and practicing these steps will help you re-train your brain to be more focused, more productive with less errors and to feel more fulfilled at work – and being fulfilled at work is good for your wallet and your overall health and wellness.

Task transitioning improves focus

When trying to improve your work output, improve job satisfaction and avoid job exhaustion, focus on one task at a time. Although multi-tasking sounds like you can get more done, in reality, you will get less done and your accuracy may suffer. Psychologists have found that multitasking may seem efficient but can actually take more time in the end and cause more errors.

Training yourself to transition well from one task to the next will reinforce focusing on one task at a time. Smart task-transitioning can help you to rest and allow your mental and physical self to re-engage in a new type of work and spur creativity and stamina. Here are some tips for transitioning well: 

• End meetings or calls 5 minutes before the hour to give yourself a mental or bathroom break.
• When done with a task, celebrate! Check off your to-do list, chat with a friend or buy yourself a coffee.
• Walk to the break area and eat a healthy snack like vegetables sticks, a piece of fruit between tasks.
• Have a movement break (walk, deep knee bends, and “jumping-jacks”) away from your desk between tasks.
• Take a meditation or deep breathing break between tasks. 
• When starting your new task, turn off messaging alerts and/or other potential distractions.
• When staring the new task, plan it so you have a time-frame and expectation for completing it.

Planning ahead and practicing these steps will help you re-train your brain to be more focused, more productive with less errors and to feel more fulfilled at work – and being fulfilled at work is good for your wallet and your overall health and wellness.

Task transitioning improves focus

Task transitioning improves focus

Task transitioning improves focus

When trying to improve your work output, improve job satisfaction and avoid job exhaustion, focus on one task at a time. Although multi-tasking sounds like you can get more done, in reality, you will get less done and your accuracy may suffer. Psychologists have found that multitasking may seem efficient but can actually take more time in the end and cause more errors.

Training yourself to transition well from one task to the next will reinforce focusing on one task at a time. Smart task-transitioning can help you to rest and allow your mental and physical self to re-engage in a new type of work and spur creativity and stamina. Here are some tips for transitioning well: 

• End meetings or calls 5 minutes before the hour to give yourself a mental or bathroom break.
• When done with a task, celebrate! Check off your to-do list, chat with a friend or buy yourself a coffee.
• Walk to the break area and eat a healthy snack like vegetables sticks, a piece of fruit between tasks.
• Have a movement break (walk, deep knee bends, and “jumping-jacks”) away from your desk between tasks.
• Take a meditation or deep breathing break between tasks. 
• When starting your new task, turn off messaging alerts and/or other potential distractions.
• When staring the new task, plan it so you have a time-frame and expectation for completing it.

Planning ahead and practicing these steps will help you re-train your brain to be more focused, more productive with less errors and to feel more fulfilled at work – and being fulfilled at work is good for your wallet and your overall health and wellness.

Task transitioning improves focus

When trying to improve your work output, improve job satisfaction and avoid job exhaustion, focus on one task at a time. Although multi-tasking sounds like you can get more done, in reality, you will get less done and your accuracy may suffer. Psychologists have found that multitasking may seem efficient but can actually take more time in the end and cause more errors.

Training yourself to transition well from one task to the next will reinforce focusing on one task at a time. Smart task-transitioning can help you to rest and allow your mental and physical self to re-engage in a new type of work and spur creativity and stamina. Here are some tips for transitioning well: 

• End meetings or calls 5 minutes before the hour to give yourself a mental or bathroom break.
• When done with a task, celebrate! Check off your to-do list, chat with a friend or buy yourself a coffee.
• Walk to the break area and eat a healthy snack like vegetables sticks, a piece of fruit between tasks.
• Have a movement break (walk, deep knee bends, and “jumping-jacks”) away from your desk between tasks.
• Take a meditation or deep breathing break between tasks. 
• When starting your new task, turn off messaging alerts and/or other potential distractions.
• When staring the new task, plan it so you have a time-frame and expectation for completing it.

Planning ahead and practicing these steps will help you re-train your brain to be more focused, more productive with less errors and to feel more fulfilled at work – and being fulfilled at work is good for your wallet and your overall health and wellness.