Our team is committed to building healthier and mindful workplaces, we notice how our devices play a monumental role in how we think, work, and connect with people. Given below are these 5 simple hacks that can help your employees — and you — regain control and clarity in today’s distraction-filled world:
📵 1. Turn Off Machine Notifications
It is not required of your phone to vibrate every time an app finishes an update or a promotion hits your inbox. Most of these notifications are unwanted and are responsible for disrupting your focus and commitment towards your work. If the notification isn’t from a real person, ask yourself — is it really urgent? Turning off these interruptions can avoid distractions to a great extent and reduce anxiety at work.
🔕 2. Customize Alerts for Real People
All notifications you receive in your device are not important. Set custom tones or vibrations only for close contacts or messages that are critical for your work. This will allow you to stay connected to your work without being interrupted by any noise that does not need your attention.
📲 3. Clean Up Your Home Screen
Your home screen is what easily distracts you and lures your brain to enter into the digital world. Keep only the necessary tools like maps, calendar, and settings on the home page. Removing social media or entertainment apps from the home screen reduces the temptation to get distracted.
🧠 4. Scramble App Layouts Frequently
We often fall into the trap of digital autopilot. By rearranging the order of apps every now and then, you can successfully break the cycle of unconscious scrolling. We don’t realize how much time we lose because of this. You may pick up your phone, thinking that you will scroll for only 5 minutes but you end up losing 15 minutes or even more. Shuffling the order of the apps forces your brain to pause, assess, and choose — a small but powerful boost in self-awareness and discipline.
📁 5. Shift Distractions to a Second Screen Folder
Put all non-work or non-essential apps into a separate folder on your second screen. Out of sight doesn’t imply that they are gone. They are still accessible if needed. However, you’ll be less likely to tap them reflexively while trying to stay focused.
💬 Why are we sharing this?
Our primary goal is to partner with your organization and bring about a significant transformation, not only in the performance, but also in the mindset of everyone associated with your organization. Mindfulness is the foundation of resilience, productivity, and job satisfaction. It starts with conscious, everyday actions, such as how we use our phones.
🔄 Let’s build a culture where presence beats pings.
Looking to help your teams reclaim their time, energy, and attention? We’d love to help.