Deepak Pandey

𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒖𝒔. 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔?

I have to do this.
I must do this.
I am supposed to do this.

𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆'𝒔 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔.

When you are living with your own core values, your statements change like this:

𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬.

Did you observe the shift in language?

Many times we can't align ourselves with the values of our organization and then every task becomes meaningless for us. There is no fun, living someone else's values. When you are not living your values, motivation can not drive you.

𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔?

Are our electronic gadgets diminishing our attention span?

Are you someone who constantly checks your technological devices while reading or working?

We sometimes refer to this as effective working because we are accomplishing our major tasks while simultaneously keeping an eye on critical emails or text messages that come in. But how many times do we check our phones without receiving any notifications? We become anxious when we do not hear any notification sounds for an extended period of time and just pick up our phone to see whether everything is okay.

Dr. Larry Rosen, a research psychologist recognized as an International expert in the "Psychology of Technology," conducted a study on 260 middle school, high school, and university students and asked them to study at their homes for 15 minutes. He found that participants on average switched their tasks in less than 6 minutes of studying due to technology distractions like phone vibrations, mobile notifications, email alerts, as well as self-interruptions.

Dr. Rosen referred to this as task switching. These distractions take us away from what we were doing. Our brain's focus shifts away from the original task and toward our electronic devices. When we return to our original tasks, we lose time attempting to remember what we were thinking or doing.

Nowadays, the average human attention span is 8.25 seconds, which is less than the goldfish (9 seconds), which was thought to be the most distracted species on the planet.

One method for improving attention span and productivity is to take a technology break. We should take a short break to check our electronic gadgets after at least 15 minutes of productive work, and this should be extended up to 30-40 minutes, when we learn to constantly work for 15 minutes.

Check your glasses.