Its important to pull yourself away from work every now and then.
Breaks are one thing, but distractions are another.
Breaks are focused and deliberate.
Distractions catch you off guard and derail your task entirely.
Weve told you howdistractions can cause errors.
Even after youve removed the interruption, youre not working at the same capacity you were pre-distraction.
In astudy from the University of California Irvine, researchers shadowed workers on the job, studying their productivity.
Considering their findings, those seemingly small interruptions can really add up throughout the day.
…If interruptions are short theyre usually not so bad.
You sign it, its a very subordinate kind of task and you go back to doing your work.
Any kind of automatic task that doesnt require a lot of thinking would not be a major disruption.
Thats a lasting, unrelated interruption that can take a while to recover from.
Again, its healthy and productive to occasionallywalk away from your work and take breaks.
Butyou want to stay focusedwhen youareworking.
Check out more of what Mark has to say about distractions at the link below.
WORKER INTERRUPTED: THE COST OF TASK SWITCHING| Fast Company viaBusiness Insider
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