#18: Distractions cause IQ loss
Work bit 1: Being distracted by emails, text and phone messages can cause you a loss of IQ double that caused by smoking pot. This according to clinical trials by psychiatrist Dr Glenn Wilson of King's College London University.
Work bit 2: Not everyone was affected to the same extent - men showed a larger drop in IQ than women. Don’t ask.
Work bit 3: Other research has shown that when you are interrupted, it could take you as long as 25 minutes to get back in full swing. Even worse for your productivity is that 40 percent of the time you are likely to be distracted into doing something completely different.
Work bit 4: It seems that the main problem is not the interruption, but what it does to your short-term memory. You simply forget what you were doing. Now get back to work, if you can remember what you were doing.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2007 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio, 88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA.
Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
Work bit 2: Not everyone was affected to the same extent - men showed a larger drop in IQ than women. Don’t ask.
Work bit 3: Other research has shown that when you are interrupted, it could take you as long as 25 minutes to get back in full swing. Even worse for your productivity is that 40 percent of the time you are likely to be distracted into doing something completely different.
Work bit 4: It seems that the main problem is not the interruption, but what it does to your short-term memory. You simply forget what you were doing. Now get back to work, if you can remember what you were doing.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2007 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio, 88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA.
Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
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