Work Life
JUNE 16, 2024
To check more tasks off your to-do list, it’s tempting to try multitasking, but that’s a counterproductive strategy. According to research, multitasking can kill your productivity by as much as 80%. However, multitasking, not task-switching, is possible, claims Rabin, but only if you understand how it can be done successfully.
Productivityist
JUNE 4, 2018
Eisenhower’s Decision Principle inspired Covey’s Quadrant, so using the quadrant system and playing air traffic controller for a Monday’s many to-dos is paying homage to two lucid thinkers and gifted leaders. What is within my control? Less really is more because multitasking lowers your IQ. Stop multitasking. What isn’t?
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Insperity
AUGUST 31, 2021
This is a discipline you can practice and teach your team (make it an expectation) that will keep information overload under control. Also described as “Information Fatigue Syndrome (IFS)” by Joseph Ruff at Harvard almost two decades ago, there are real information overload symptoms you can look out for in yourself and your people.
Work Life
DECEMBER 3, 2023
As business leaders, entrepreneurs, and workers, we need to take back control of how we manage our time. Taking back control means intentionally triaging inbound requests. And if you think you’re multitasking, it’s more likely you’re just doing a few things poorly.
Insperity
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Previously, managers were traditional “bosses,” their relationships with direct reports characterized by formality, power and control. Leaders have a lot of responsibilities on their plate and they often assume they can multitask successfully in a remote environment. The role of the manager has fundamentally changed.
Success
MARCH 29, 2022
Breaking bad habits requires self-control—and lots of it. Research indicates that it’s worth the effort, as self-control has huge implications for success. Four years later, they looked at the students’ grade point averages (GPA) and found that self-control was twice as important as IQ in earning a high GPA.
Success
JULY 5, 2022
We don’t control everything in life , and some days it may not feel like we control much of anything. Here are some simple gifts you can give yourself every day to keep you focused on what you can do: Control the tapes in your head. Own up to your multitasking. This is when the “What’s in my control?”
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