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]]> By: Ryan Boyles http://www.1918.com/the-multitasking-myth/#comment-6124 Ryan Boyles Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:41:44 +0000 http://www.1918.com/?p=1393#comment-6124 Phil, great simple truth. i also have taken a more relaxed approach to email. signal to noise ratio is better now too, and the important things tend to bubble up. Phil,
great simple truth. i also have taken a more relaxed approach to email. signal to noise ratio is better now too, and the important things tend to bubble up.

]]> By: Jen http://www.1918.com/the-multitasking-myth/#comment-5761 Jen Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:20:50 +0000 http://www.1918.com/?p=1393#comment-5761 This post makes some great points. I was just thinking about how much work I was able to get done this morning by ignoring my e-mail and Twitter for an hour. One of the best things I ever did for myself was turning off the Outlook email announcement that pops up in the corner of my screen - the world will not explode if I don't answer an e-mail instantaneously. I get so much more accomplished in a day when I work on one thing at a time. This post makes some great points. I was just thinking about how much work I was able to get done this morning by ignoring my e-mail and Twitter for an hour. One of the best things I ever did for myself was turning off the Outlook email announcement that pops up in the corner of my screen – the world will not explode if I don’t answer an e-mail instantaneously. I get so much more accomplished in a day when I work on one thing at a time.

]]> By: Gunnar Engblom http://www.1918.com/the-multitasking-myth/#comment-5698 Gunnar Engblom Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:35:35 +0000 http://www.1918.com/?p=1393#comment-5698 Phil, thanks for your post. It hits the nail on the head really! I am also one of those all-grown-up-ADD kids (never diagnosed by as a child of course), of which I just recently become aware. While jumping from task to task stimulates me, the overall bombardment of social media that one has to keep up with to do inbound marketing well, make me loose concentration and I sometimes find myself in the end not get many important tasks done at all. I found great help the last couple of weeks in the Pomodoro technique (recommended by John Haydon) which makes one work on tasks for 25 minute chunks... highly recommended for anyone self diagnosed as ADD. http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ And it is free! Phil, thanks for your post. It hits the nail on the head really! I am also one of those all-grown-up-ADD kids (never diagnosed by as a child of course), of which I just recently become aware. While jumping from task to task stimulates me, the overall bombardment of social media that one has to keep up with to do inbound marketing well, make me loose concentration and I sometimes find myself in the end not get many important tasks done at all.
I found great help the last couple of weeks in the Pomodoro technique (recommended by John Haydon) which makes one work on tasks for 25 minute chunks… highly recommended for anyone self diagnosed as ADD. http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/
And it is free!

]]> By: Jay Dolan http://www.1918.com/the-multitasking-myth/#comment-5670 Jay Dolan Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:56:05 +0000 http://www.1918.com/?p=1393#comment-5670 It's physically and mentally impossible for me. The most I can do is start on a task while the computer or an appliance handles something else. It’s physically and mentally impossible for me. The most I can do is start on a task while the computer or an appliance handles something else.

]]> By: Phil Buckley http://www.1918.com/the-multitasking-myth/#comment-5611 Phil Buckley Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:10:15 +0000 http://www.1918.com/?p=1393#comment-5611 I'm with you Jeff, looking back on my childhood I'm sure I would now be diagnosed as ADHD, but back in the stone age they just told us to sit down and keep quiet ;-) I’m with you Jeff, looking back on my childhood I’m sure I would now be diagnosed as ADHD, but back in the stone age they just told us to sit down and keep quiet ;-)

]]> By: Jeff Tippett http://www.1918.com/the-multitasking-myth/#comment-5610 Jeff Tippett Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:51:58 +0000 http://www.1918.com/?p=1393#comment-5610 Great post, Phil. Sorta freeing. Sometimes I feel guilty for not being able to TXT and talk at the same time--though I can walk and chew gum. I'm one of those all-grown-up-ADD kids (we weren't ADHD kids back in the good ole days). Sometimes I feel that I need to work on several projects within a span of time to keep my brain engaged. I often question whether it's really how my brain works--or if I should better discipline myself. It's definitely the only work pattern that I know. Regardless, thanks for sharing this perspective. Great post, Phil. Sorta freeing. Sometimes I feel guilty for not being able to TXT and talk at the same time–though I can walk and chew gum.

I’m one of those all-grown-up-ADD kids (we weren’t ADHD kids back in the good ole days). Sometimes I feel that I need to work on several projects within a span of time to keep my brain engaged. I often question whether it’s really how my brain works–or if I should better discipline myself. It’s definitely the only work pattern that I know.

Regardless, thanks for sharing this perspective.

]]> By: Morgan Siem http://www.1918.com/the-multitasking-myth/#comment-5609 Morgan Siem Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:50:29 +0000 http://www.1918.com/?p=1393#comment-5609 Phil, you once pointed me toward a blog post that addresses this issue. It's one of the greatest blog posts I've ever read. Well worth the read: Lisa Barone of Outspoken Media's "11 Ways I Increased Work Productivity in 2010." http://outspokenmedia.com/online-marketing/increase-work-productivity/ Phil, you once pointed me toward a blog post that addresses this issue. It’s one of the greatest blog posts I’ve ever read. Well worth the read: Lisa Barone of Outspoken Media’s “11 Ways I Increased Work Productivity in 2010.”

http://outspokenmedia.com/online-marketing/increase-work-productivity/

]]> By: Lisa Sullivan http://www.1918.com/the-multitasking-myth/#comment-5604 Lisa Sullivan Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:23:06 +0000 http://www.1918.com/?p=1393#comment-5604 Ha! Multi-tasking to a higher level is SUCH BS. It really is. When you brought up the "email & talk on the phone at the same time" thing, I just started laughing. It's absolutely insane to think you can do both. How many times have you had to read a paragraph over again just because you were listening in on the conversation going on next to you in the airport (OK...so that's eavesdropping but the point is still there). I also got a chuckle out of the "how many times have you missed your exit while driving because you've zoned out" thing. Oh. My. Goodness. I freely admit I've done that a time or two. However, I can listen to my iPod while cleaning the commode. That's a no-brainer, (almost) literally. :) Great post, Phil! Ha! Multi-tasking to a higher level is SUCH BS. It really is. When you brought up the “email & talk on the phone at the same time” thing, I just started laughing. It’s absolutely insane to think you can do both. How many times have you had to read a paragraph over again just because you were listening in on the conversation going on next to you in the airport (OK…so that’s eavesdropping but the point is still there).

I also got a chuckle out of the “how many times have you missed your exit while driving because you’ve zoned out” thing. Oh. My. Goodness. I freely admit I’ve done that a time or two.

However, I can listen to my iPod while cleaning the commode. That’s a no-brainer, (almost) literally. :)

Great post, Phil!

]]> By: Clair F http://www.1918.com/the-multitasking-myth/#comment-5596 Clair F Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:38:46 +0000 http://www.1918.com/?p=1393#comment-5596 *that I too quickly buy into. There I go multi-tasking, watching tv and trying to comment, this results in typos. *that I too quickly buy into.
There I go multi-tasking, watching tv and trying to comment, this results in typos.

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