Multi-Tasking

Multitasking has become a function of our everyday lives. From the second we wake up up to when we fall asleep. Our devotion to multitasking is obsessive and quite honestly BULLSHIT! While you're reading and responding to emails, texting, reviewing a project due at work and checking social media you feel like you're accomplishing a lot, but you're actually working less and stressing your brain!

An excerpt from Ryan Anderson states:
"Imagine your brain is a processing bottleneck. Multitasking is trying to force as many thoughts and tasks through the bottleneck at once. There isn't enough processing spaces for all those tasks, and without singular focus, you are twice as likely to make errors or take longer to complete tasks. Each time you toggle between tasks, you are asking your brain to switch context, meaning you are restarting and refocusing every time. During the time it takes for your brain to make that switch, studies show that your brain will make no progress on any issue."

Instead, when we learn to focus on a single task, our brains processing bottleneck is able to devote all of its space and attention to that one single issue. "It will accept only relevant information, allow in-depth comprehension, build content, encourage great creativity, and develop higher memory retention."

As a whole, we need to stop multitasking and focus on one thing. Put all of your focus on the one task, finish it, and do it to the best of your ability. When you multi-task in essence it just makes you half ass a lot of shit. Now I know when many of you read this you will say "that's bullshit, I am so great at multi-tasking" and if you're saying that, it is total BS. You cannot complete multiple tasks at the BEST of your ability when trying to handle three, four or five plus tasks. We can obviously complete multiple tasks at once, but not with the same efficiency and success. Laser focus on one task and see how much more quality work you put out!


Coach Nick