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Three productivity hacks that don't work

Student overwhelmed with homework [Courtesy]

1. Multitasking

It may stand to reason that listening to a podcast while responding to an email and working on your business proposal while also clipping your nails can help you accomplish many tasks efficiently at once, but the reality is that it doesn’t.

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