Business Productivity Tips – Are You Mono or Multi-Tasking?

‎Want to get more done in less time? Try doing one thingat a time, it works – even better!

Any musician would have great motor co-ordination.
You need to do different things with each hand (fingers even) and your legs could be playing to a completely different rhythm.
And you could be singing or blowing an instrument at the same time too.

Just for fun, try this – draw a circle with your left hand and a triangle with your right at the same time – that’s conducting 101 … Music is fun and I love it!

Multi-tasking is not new. In fact many of us have been trained to multi-task. Working moms in general are really good at multi-tasking (dads too), and many times one wears more hats.

And small business owners! They multi-task all day long! They need to tend to everything from sales and marketing to production and operations. The number of balls they juggle in the air amazingly stay in the air – kudos. 

But watch it, this multi-tasking will soon take a toll and burn out can easily happen. There is a price to pay. You need to balance and harmonize those balls yet relax and re-charge whenever you can because your family and your business needs you for the long haul.

For years I have been doing simultaneous translations for speakers at live events while manning the electric keyboard at the back of the hall and I could never understand why I felt so drained after wards. Now I know that I have not been using my talents in the most effective way!

Granted that some sort of multi-tasking is unavoidable, the best way to achieve your objective and goals is to focus on one thing at a time. Whether they are big longer term goals or smaller daily tasks. Your brain works better this way and you accomplish more. Try it. 

Try working on one thing at a time, complete it and move onto the next than do 2 things at the same time and check your results as well as your experience of the work. Multi-tasking drains you of resources, and it actually slows your work down.  

You take more time to get the same amount of work done – if you don’t also mess it up somehow since you were not able to fully concentrate and give your full attention.

Stay single, stay focus. Attempting to do too many things at one time will force you to divide your attention and you will feel pulled in different directions and become quite scattered and ineffective.

Trust me, I know that feeling. So prune and trim your activities, don’t be busy and be productive and keep life simple.

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