THE MYTH OF MULTI-TASKING…

THE MYTH OF MULTI-TASKING…

Now that you are working from a prioritized task list, here's the next step in spending your time wisely!

On June 12, 2008, Business Week reported these study results from New York City business research company, Basex: "Roughly once every three minutes, typical cubicle dwellers set aside whatever they're doing and start something else--anything else. It could be answering the phone, checking e-mail, responding to an instant message, clicking over to YouTube or posting something amusing on Facebook. These distractions consume as much as 28% of the average U.S. worker's day, including recovery time, and sap productivity to the tune of $650 billion a year."

The Solution...consider that being a good multi-tasker is a myth and instead, choose to focus single mindedly on each and every task until completed. Lock the door, clear off your desk, silence your email notification, turn off your phone and finish something! You will get more done in less time and reduce your stress level.
For more great time management tips, be sure to get a copy of Brian Tracy's "Eat That Frog!" . Using "eat that frog" as a metaphor for tackling the day's most challenging and most prone to procrastination task, "Eat That Frog" shows readers how to zero in on these critical tasks and organize their time. This means not only getting more things done, but getting the right things done.

Ron McNutt is a certified FocalPoint Coach in Charleston, South Carolina.

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