{"id":222,"date":"2011-12-05T19:49:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T19:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doingwhatmatters.com\/?p=222"},"modified":"2015-04-15T21:21:51","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T21:21:51","slug":"multitasking-highly-overrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/multitasking-highly-overrated\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-tasking is Highly Overrated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/coin-profitcBrightdawn-dt_4886368.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"229\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/multitasking-highly-overrated\/coin-profitcbrightdawn-dt_4886368\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/coin-profitcBrightdawn-dt_4886368-e1322687099621.jpg?fit=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,220\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"coin-profit(c)Brightdawn-dt_4886368\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/coin-profitcBrightdawn-dt_4886368-e1322687099621.jpg?fit=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/coin-profitcBrightdawn-dt_4886368-e1322687099621.jpg?fit=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-229\" title=\"coin-profit(c)Brightdawn-dt_4886368\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.doingwhatmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/coin-profitcBrightdawn-dt_4886368-300x220.jpg?resize=180%2C132&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Finish one project before starting another so that earnings grow as you work.\" width=\"180\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a>So . . . exactly how many things are you doing at this very moment? How many programs are open on your computer, and how many windows in your browser?<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re anything like me, I&#8217;m guessing there are too many things going on . . . and that&#8217;s just on your computer screen.<\/p>\n<p>What about your desk? Is it a nice clear space with just a calendar and a few basic office tools (stapler, tape, three-hole punch), or is it full of distracting piles and miscellaneous papers that are silently nagging for your attention?<\/p>\n<p><strong>How inspired, productive, and motivated do you feel when you sit down to work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not trying to rouse the guilt monster, and yes&#8211; I&#8217;m talking to myself too. The bottom line is that there&#8217;s a price to pay for juggling multiple projects. If you spend a year jumping back and forth between three separate projects, you&#8217;re likely finish the year just as you started&#8211; with three partial projects on your hard drive.<\/p>\n<p>If you focus on a single project, complete it, and set it up for sales before going on to the next, you&#8217;ll have income from the completed project while working on the second project. I&#8217;ve done it that way and it works.<\/p>\n<p>Want to join me in single-tasking this week? I think I&#8217;ll start by closing 43 browser tabs . . . \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So . . . exactly how many things are you doing at this very moment? How many programs are open on your computer, and how many windows in your browser? 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