Prioritize Single-Tasking Over Multitasking

Embrace single-tasking: Multitasking can often lead to decreased productivity and increased stress. Prioritizing single-tasking helps maintain focus, improves the quality of work, and reduces feelings of being overwhelmed, thereby combating burnout effectively.

Embrace single-tasking: Multitasking can often lead to decreased productivity and increased stress. Prioritizing single-tasking helps maintain focus, improves the quality of work, and reduces feelings of being overwhelmed, thereby combating burnout effectively.

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Lavanya Bobba
Cloud product owner at The Hartford

Multitasking can inherently lead to distractions, as switching between tasks decreases overall productivity and increases the likelihood of errors. Attempting to handle multiple tasks simultaneously could dilute effectiveness, quality of output and lead to suboptimal results.

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Chaquinta Fisher
I.T. Support Manager & Website Accessibility Coordinator at McLennan County

This is an area in my personal life where I make it a point to say "finish the thing you started". That creates a 'pause' moment for me to realize I am doing too much at once and putting my thoughts in overdrive. If I get to it, good, and if I do not, that is also good. It is not a failure point, it is just a "this is what I was mentally, physically, and emotionally able to manage" point, thus creating a reset for the next day's task.

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Nissaf sleymi
startup founder/ workshop facilitator at ECOCLICKO

as someone prirotizing my health and wisdom, I take it as a ritual of Mastery, frame single-tasking as a professional ritual, not a restriction, every focused work block is a deliberate practice session. with this mindset it positions me not as someone who does less, but as someone committed to crafting work of higher value and impact

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Valeria Di Benedetto
Recruitment Group Manager at DXC Luxoft

The best tip I can provide is to take at least five minutes to plan and structure each task properly, so that you can focus on one thing at a time. Applying Maslow's principles to daily routines can be hugely beneficial.

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Valeria Di Benedetto
Recruitment Group Manager at DXC Luxoft

The best tip I can provide is to take at least five minutes to plan and structure each task properly, so that you can focus on one thing at a time. Applying Maslow's principles to daily routines can be hugely beneficial.

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Deepika Prabhakara
Customer Solutions Leader at Amazon WebServices (AWS)

One of the most impactful mindful practices for women in tech is the art of saying “no.” While it may feel uncomfortable at first, it’s a critical skill for sustaining energy, focus, and long-term fulfillment. In a fast-paced environment where opportunities and demands surface constantly, pausing to assess the true impact and value of each request is essential. Saying “no” isn’t about shutting doors—it’s about creating space for what truly matters. By protecting your time and being intentional with your commitments, you open pathways for deeper growth, meaningful work, and greater contribution. Boundaries aren’t barriers to success; they are the framework that supports it.

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Ene Ojaide
Data Scientist/A & Data Coach

As someone who balances building my own start-up alongside working within someone else’s organisation, I have learned that burnout rarely comes from a single overload moment. It accumulates quietly when boundaries, attention, and identity are repeatedly stretched. The most effective mindful practice for me has been intentional compartmentalisation. I am deliberate about mentally closing one role before opening another. That might mean a short walk, a notebook reset, or a clear end-of-day ritual. Without this, roles bleed into each other, and the mind never truly rests. Another practice is energy-based planning rather than time-based planning.Not overthinking how many hours i have to get things done, instead I check the level of cognitive and emotional energy I have at a time. This has reduced self-judgement and helped me schedule demanding work when I am genuinely resourced for it. I also practise selective visibility. In tech, especially as women, we often feel pressure to be constantly available, responsive, and agreeable. Mindfulness for me has meant becoming comfortable with not reacting immediately, not attending to everything, and not explaining every boundary. I prioritise identity grounding. I regularly remind myself that my worth is not tied to output, traction, or performance metrics. When you are both an employee and a founder, that distinction matters deeply. From a neutral perspective, mindfulness does not need to look like meditation alone. For many women in tech, it is structural. It is how we design our days, protect our focus, and relate to our own ambition without burning ourselves out in the process.

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