The Death of Multitasking and Rebirth of Unitasking

• It has been shown in numerous studies that people who try and multitask actually lose efficiency and productivity levels drop.

Unitasking is the new way

• Our brains are wired to focus on one task at time.

Stress caused by multitasking

• Multitasking can literally cause stress.
• So it's no wonder that we feel frantic when we try to do too many things at once.

5 Ways to clear your head and start unitasking

1. Clear your space. Tidy desk - tidy mind, that's my motto.
2. Clear your desktop. Another great clearing exercise is to clean up your desktop. Put a calming picture as your background.
3. Don't open any programs that are not necessary. If you have to finish a report in Word make sure you only have Word open and no other program.
4. Turn off the phones and instant messaging. Constant interruptions will almost guarantee that the report you were trying to complete will not get done.

Tell others your intentions

• If you have a lot of work colleagues coming up to your desk, tell them in advance that you need to finish an important task and for them not to interrupt if possible.