Time Management: Popular Trend Of Multi-Tasking And 4 Ways To Do It Right

In this article, you will discover;

• Why other people seems to be getting it right at multi-tasking and you are not.
• Why your attempts at multitasking flops, despite all your hard work.
• How to rightly multi-task for maximum result.

          Multitasking is often the faster way of getting things done. But only a few knows how to successfully do it.

As mentioned in the previous article on managing stress at work, we often end up overworking and not have our much desired time off work.

     Truly, we consider multi-tasking majorly because we have a lot to do. And we are trying to do that lot very quickly within a given time frame.

          This could work.                                                

          It often does for people who knows how to do it rightly.

Multi-tasking is amazingly good, for those who do it right. They get to have a considerate amount of time doing other things or spending it leisurely.

          You crave that too.

          But no matter how hard you try, it doesn’t work out.

          Maybe sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn’t. Right?

          It happens to most of us, so you are not alone. The thing, there must be something you are yet to get. Which makes it seem like you’re still the only one in your circle who can’t seem to get jobs done fast enough.

The way out

You need to cancel out some dangerous cultures when you are multitasking!

          One dangerous habit common to most of us is doing too much. Multi-tasking is not an opportunity for you to over work.

          You are not a supercomputer!

          Of course our brain is one amazing creation that we’re yet to know the full capabilities.

But, we’re not machines! Even those devices malfunctions when overworked or over loaded. As far as we know, only supercomputers can successfully solve multiple entries within minutes.

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A Different Approach of Multi-Tasking

          The reason why multi-tasking doesn’t work out for you is because you want to do five to seven different things at once. This is not possible! You either lose focus or eventually mess up the whole tasks.

So, what can you do?

• Prepare your mind. The first step to successfully multi-task is getting your brain ready. Map out the group of tasks you want to finish and spend some time thinking on each.  This sis like giving yourself a mental workout, so that your brain won’t black out on you while working.
• Prepare your environment. Clear out your working space. Remove every distractions. Organise your table. As Bryan Collins suggested in his book, The Power of Creativity, “Tame your environment, prepare everything you will need in advance…” You don’t want to pause your work to look for a pencil when inspiration is just flowing in. you don’t want to run out of jotters, or power on your devices. All these won’t allow you to smoothly and efficiently, or you may end up not working at all.
• Break your tasks into groups of less important ones, important ones, and most important ones. Focus first on the most important tasks, and push the less important ones to the back of the burner. Don’t even think about them! Don’t do more than two to three things at once. Trying to do beyond that is like overloading your brain.
• Fight distraction. The art of multi-tasking is one that requires maximum focus. A single distraction can falter everything.

When trying to multi-task at home, try every possible best not to be distracted by movies, or anything that would totally steal your attention. If you’re trying to do it at work, do not give in to the tempting gist and banters your co-workers are throwing around, and avoid having your thoughts wander away. This way you could successfully finish the tasks at hand.

One last thing to remember

Remember multi-tasking is easy and possible when done rightly. And these are what you should consider in order to do it right. Only when done in the right manner and correct approach is when you would get the desired result.

Warning!

Do not multitask when your mental or physical health is against it!