{"id":4439,"date":"2018-04-05T11:45:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T15:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/?p=4439"},"modified":"2026-05-12T06:31:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:31:03","slug":"tabs-and-other-focus-destroyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/tabs-and-other-focus-destroyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tabs: Destroyer of Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quick focus question: How many tabs do you have open?<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

And on another screen? And in another browser?<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

This isn\u2019t one of those personality tests where I translate your total into a Tab Type that offers you insight and advice on living a richer, more successful life\u2026 or is it?<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
    \n
  • If You Have Too Many Tabs: <\/b>You\u2019ve got a lot going on and no time to look back. Things are happening and you\u2019ve got to keep up! There\u2019s just no space to catch your breath. You\u2019re a juggler.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  • If You Have Just A Few Tabs: <\/b>You keep your balance, weaving back and forth between past and present, with occasional forays into the future as opportunities arise. You\u2019re a navigator.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  • If You Have Only One Tab: <\/b>(First of all\u2026 really? Okay, we’ll take your word for it.) You\u2019re totally focused, diving deep into one subject at a time. You live in the present, knowing the past is already gone and the future hasn\u2019t yet arrived. You\u2019re a Zen master.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Piles for Miles<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    For many of us, our screens and our horizontal desktops get more and more cluttered as the day goes on. A bit of Facebook and online shopping here, a coffee cup and sticky note there\u2026 Suddenly, it\u2019s a pile, and you\u2019re fumbling your way through the day. I don’t need to pile on the stats to prove the point. You know it’s true.<\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n

    The same thing happens to our lives. And, yes, to our surveys.<\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n

    Focus Pocus<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    What\u2019s the takeaway? Focus.<\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n

    Maybe you can juggle lots of things at once, but it\u2019s really hard to focus on more than one at a time. Pausing to breathe, prioritize, and plan lets you focus on what\u2019s most important before moving on to the rest.<\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n

    Maybe you want a lot of answers from your survey, but the more questions you ask, the harder it is for participants to make it through and the lower your response rates. Again, identifying priorities helps you narrow down to the need-to-know items and set aside the rest for now.<\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n

    While raising your focus consciousness can have a huge impact on both your personal productivity and your survey success, start small: Take a breath, count your tabs, and take the first step in the right direction.<\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Quick focus question: How many tabs do you have open? And on another screen? And in another browser? This isn\u2019t one of those personality tests where I translate your total into a Tab Type that offers you insight and advice on living a richer, more successful life\u2026 or is it? If You Have Too Many Tabs: You\u2019ve got a lot going on and no time to look back. Things are happening and you\u2019ve got to keep up! There\u2019s just no space to catch your breath. You\u2019re a juggler. If You Have Just A Few Tabs: You keep your balance, weaving back and forth between past and present, with occasional forays into the future as opportunities arise. You\u2019re a navigator. If You Have Only One Tab: (First of all\u2026 really? Okay, we’ll take your word for it.) You\u2019re totally focused, diving deep into one subject at a time. You live in the present, knowing the past is already gone and the future hasn\u2019t yet arrived. You\u2019re a Zen master. Piles for Miles For many of us, our screens and our horizontal desktops get more and more cluttered as the day goes on. A bit of Facebook and online shopping here, a coffee cup and sticky note there\u2026 Suddenly, it\u2019s a pile, and you\u2019re fumbling your way through the day. I don’t need to pile on the stats to prove the point. You know it’s true. The same thing happens to our lives. And, yes, to our surveys. Focus Pocus What\u2019s the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":5048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,75],"tags":[38,60,257],"yoast_head":"\nTabs: Destroyer of Worlds - Sogolytics Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Focus on everything and you end up focus on nothing. From the tabs up on your screen to the questions in your survey, prioritizing leads to success.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tabs: Destroyer of Worlds - Sogolytics Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Focus on everything and you end up focus on nothing. From the tabs up on your screen to the questions in your survey, prioritizing leads to success.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/tabs-and-other-focus-destroyers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sogolytics Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-04-05T15:45:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-12T10:31:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/chalk-man.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"487\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"714\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Melissa Krut\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/tabs-and-other-focus-destroyers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/tabs-and-other-focus-destroyers\/\",\"name\":\"Tabs: Destroyer of Worlds - Sogolytics Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-05T15:45:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-12T10:31:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/eaf04ab90baaf0bb1e137e6c82f51d07\"},\"description\":\"Focus on everything and you end up focus on nothing. From the tabs up on your screen to the questions in your survey, prioritizing leads to success.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/tabs-and-other-focus-destroyers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/tabs-and-other-focus-destroyers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/tabs-and-other-focus-destroyers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Tabs: Destroyer of Worlds\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Sogolytics Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/eaf04ab90baaf0bb1e137e6c82f51d07\",\"name\":\"Melissa Krut\",\"description\":\"Melissa seeks balance in all things: the rush of running and the quiet of yoga, what's gained in learning and what's given in teaching, and the pleasures of reading and writing. Her desk would be a hammock, if she could swing it. Meet Melissa.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/author\/mkrut\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tabs: Destroyer of Worlds - Sogolytics Blog","description":"Focus on everything and you end up focus on nothing. From the tabs up on your screen to the questions in your survey, prioritizing leads to success.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tabs: Destroyer of Worlds - Sogolytics Blog","og_description":"Focus on everything and you end up focus on nothing. From the tabs up on your screen to the questions in your survey, prioritizing leads to success.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/tabs-and-other-focus-destroyers\/","og_site_name":"Sogolytics Blog","article_published_time":"2018-04-05T15:45:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-12T10:31:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":487,"height":714,"url":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/chalk-man.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Melissa Krut","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/tabs-and-other-focus-destroyers\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/tabs-and-other-focus-destroyers\/","name":"Tabs: Destroyer of Worlds - Sogolytics Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-04-05T15:45:12+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-12T10:31:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/eaf04ab90baaf0bb1e137e6c82f51d07"},"description":"Focus on everything and you end up focus on nothing. From the tabs up on your screen to the questions in your survey, prioritizing leads to success.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/tabs-and-other-focus-destroyers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/tabs-and-other-focus-destroyers\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/tabs-and-other-focus-destroyers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Tabs: Destroyer of Worlds"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/","name":"Sogolytics Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/eaf04ab90baaf0bb1e137e6c82f51d07","name":"Melissa Krut","description":"Melissa seeks balance in all things: the rush of running and the quiet of yoga, what's gained in learning and what's given in teaching, and the pleasures of reading and writing. Her desk would be a hammock, if she could swing it. Meet Melissa.","url":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/author\/mkrut\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4439"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46242,"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439\/revisions\/46242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}