In today’s business environment, employees who can utilize a variety of skills simultaneously—or multitasking as it is also known—are extremely popular with large corporations and private companies the world over. People who can work well under these conditions and still retain good time-management skills, are not easy to find. Unfortunately, however, these same people often experience physical and mental fatigue. This is because being a good multitasker and working well under these conditions for any extended period of time involves a wide variety of factors, including basic habits of acceptance and adaptability, as well as cognitive and emotional intelligence.
Many people today are required to think or work in a way that utilizes multiple skills simultaneously, for example, checking emails, talking on the phone, using social media, having meetings, thinking up strategies, coordinating with others as well as summarizing and presenting to their boss. Positions requiring this multitasking are found in a number of different fields, including digital marketing, planning, analysis and design. Studies have found, however, that when people are unable to adjust quickly enough to this type of pressure, it results in decreased productivity and lower quality of work, as well as health problems such as burnout syndrome, brain fog, and lowered IQ.
Many people have heard about burnout syndrome, which is caused by chronic accumulated stress at work. This can eventually take over a person’s life, severely affecting their mental state. It often results in the sufferer resigning from his or her job or career. Another term, however, known as brain fog, is less familiar to many of us. It occurs when the brain is overworked or under strain due to factors such as:
All of the above can result in a deterioration of body functions, thus overtaxing the adrenal glands. This in turn results in neurotransmitter imbalances and reduced blood blow to the brain, causing patients to feel dazed and confused, suffer from headaches, think more slowly than usual, experience an inability to remember things or even tasks just completed, suffer from mental fatigue, and experience mood swings. If left untreated, brain fog may develop into early onset dementia.
Fortunately, we now offer a solution for those suffering from the symptoms of brain fog. Able to stop brain fog in its tracks, this preventative program is aimed at the following key areas. (For additional details, click here.)
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