Avoid distractions while working

Avoid distractions while working

    You don’t need a lengthy break or something catastrophic to occur in order to distract you from completing a given task at work. According to American researchers, even a few seconds of momentary interruption can practically ruin one’s ability to complete a task. Interruptions can come in various like various forms, such as receiving a text message or the fact that a colleague just walked through the door and interrupted an important conversation. Such distractions can prove to be quite disastrous for professionals such as airplane mechanics and emergency room doctors.
    The study involved around 300 subjects in a sequencebased procedure on a computer found that interruptions of about three seconds doubled the rate of errors. The researchers were surprised to see the magnitude of effect such short interruptions can have. Since the interruptions did not last longer than each step of the main task, he observed, so the time factor wasn’t the likelier the errors.
TOP 10 DISTRACTIONS AT WORK
>> Receiving text
    messages and calls >> Incoming emails >> Pop-up chat
    windows >> Talkative colleagues >> Snacking >> Coffee breaks >> Smoking breaks >> Social-networking
    websites >> Thinking about
    personal problems >> Visitors

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