How to handle notifications and why it is so important for your productivity

A survey conducted by the software company Asana of thousands of workers in various types of companies around the world has concluded that excessive notifications destroy the ability of employees to concentrate.

The fact that we are receiving various notifications from many different messaging tools puts us in a state of almost constant multitasking. These notifications “constantly compete for our attention.”

Asana’s “Anatomy of Work” report found that professionals around the world spend 58% of their time on menial tasks, which this study found refers to activities such as work communications, finding information, switching apps, managing priorities or tracking job status.

Why multitasking kills

The more we multitask, the less we actually accomplish, because we slowly lose our ability to focus enough to learn. If you are constantly attempting to multitask, you don’t practice tuning out the rest of the word to engage in deeper processing and learning.

So multitasking increases your stress level, weakens your memory and kills your creativity. How to fight it?

Don’t worry, Rambox comes to rescue you

You can be in control of everything that happens and you can decide when and how to receive interruptions.

In Rambox you have a notification center where you can customize what notifications receive and how to receive them (with or without sound, with a call or without). Now, what happens if you don’t want to receive anything?

No problem! You just have to turn Focus Mode on and don’t get distracted. The idea here is not to receive notifications until you finish your task to finally focus and move forward.

The important thing is to prioritize and put your concentration to work on what is important, not on what is urgent.

Happy Working!