Comments on: Is multi-tasking a bad thing? https://www.womenonbusiness.com/is-multi-tasking-a-bad-thing/ Business Women Expertise, Tips, Advice and More to Build Winning Careers and Brands Fri, 28 Jun 2013 01:24:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Harry https://www.womenonbusiness.com/is-multi-tasking-a-bad-thing/#comment-11591 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 01:24:34 +0000 http://www.womenonbusiness.com/?p=41591#comment-11591 Research shows that it takes approx 5 min to get your rhythm on something you start. When you multi-task and constantly switch from one task to another you are losing 5 min on every switchover, not to mention that the lack of focus on one task doesn’t do full justice to it.

it is even worse when you are not paying attention to someone you are talking to because your mind is already looking at the other task. This is an easy recipe to lose friends and customers.

]]> By: Jane Karwoski https://www.womenonbusiness.com/is-multi-tasking-a-bad-thing/#comment-11561 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:26:43 +0000 http://www.womenonbusiness.com/?p=41591#comment-11561 A lot of good thoughts here, Ashley!
As a Recovering Perfectionist, I adopted the motto, “Dare to be Average!” Especially when too many roles converge, sometimes good enough is good enough. But there are exceptions (like work that will undergo public scrutiny) and I think your advice about, “Doing a few things really well…rather than a thousand things halfway,” is very valuable. Just as consultants will audit corporations to find efforts, even divisions, that are not *aligned* with the core mission, I’ve found that the FOCUS you refer to requires the question, “Will X help me get to my goal line?” If X is heading off in another direction, it will only rob valuable resources from what really matters.
My core mission is to focus on encouraging best practices online, working with social media, particularly online social networks, to reduce opportunities for cyber bullying and cyber hate. For now, I’m committing to another two year increment. I figure everything else can wait for two years (no child-rearing going on right now!) while I explore this problem from every conceivable angle. This “exploration,” as my role model urban theorist Jane Jacobs would label it, is so intriguing, multi-faceted, and absorbing that I can apply the litmus test to would-be competitors for my time or energy with both enthusiasm and the requisite ruthlessness!

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