At our wonderful family reunion I read a book "The Myth of Multi-Tasking" that has really made me re-evaluate how I function.
This book challenges the reader to handle one task at a time, citing examples of how inefficient multi-tasking is, and even gives an exercise to do to prove the fact.
I'm a self-proclaimed (sorry, just left to go update my twitter status, but I'm back now) multi-tasker (or actually switch-tasker, as I found out in the book).
While I've been writing this blog post, I check my text messages on my phone, updated my twitter status, heated up my lunch, ate my lunch, and checked to see when my iTouch was to arrive.
Wonder how much more efficiently I could have written this post if I would have only written and not let the other activities derail my thought process? I challenge you to read the book and then take a challenge to stop multi-tasking or actually switch-tasking.
Have you considered how much more efficient you would be if you focused on one activity, followed that activity through to completion before moving on to the next item? There's actually software that has been created to help you stay on task (you can Google time productivity software) by locking down your computer to disallow unproductive websites.
But you don't have to go to such lengths to keep on task, try setting the alarm clock on your phone for 15 minutes and don't allow yourself to be distracted during that time.
Try it and see and then evaluate your progress.
This book challenges the reader to handle one task at a time, citing examples of how inefficient multi-tasking is, and even gives an exercise to do to prove the fact.
I'm a self-proclaimed (sorry, just left to go update my twitter status, but I'm back now) multi-tasker (or actually switch-tasker, as I found out in the book).
While I've been writing this blog post, I check my text messages on my phone, updated my twitter status, heated up my lunch, ate my lunch, and checked to see when my iTouch was to arrive.
Wonder how much more efficiently I could have written this post if I would have only written and not let the other activities derail my thought process? I challenge you to read the book and then take a challenge to stop multi-tasking or actually switch-tasking.
Have you considered how much more efficient you would be if you focused on one activity, followed that activity through to completion before moving on to the next item? There's actually software that has been created to help you stay on task (you can Google time productivity software) by locking down your computer to disallow unproductive websites.
But you don't have to go to such lengths to keep on task, try setting the alarm clock on your phone for 15 minutes and don't allow yourself to be distracted during that time.
Try it and see and then evaluate your progress.
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