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Multitasking and Focus for Entrepreneurs

May 10, By Connie Ragen Green 3 Comments

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If you’re like many people you spend most days multitasking. You’re probably so used to multitasking that you don’t even realize when you’re doing it. After all, it’s a skill many employers look for in their employees. Many people believe multitasking saves them time. There are many reasons why multitasking is bad. It’s better to focus instead though. Focusing lets you concentrate on one task or thought at a time, helping you create a better result for each task. Let’s explore the connection between multitasking and focus even further.

Many people like to multitask because they become bored working on one task at a time.

Why is multitasking bad? And what about distraction?Multitasking and Focus

You have to switch from task to task. This takes time for your mind to change into the right mindset for the new task. You have to take the time to remember where you left off.

  1. Multitasking leads to attention and memory loss. According to a study by Harvard Professor Clifford Nass, in findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, people who use online social media and other forms of electronic communications have trouble focusing their attention and have lower scores on memory tests.
  2. Cognitive performance is diminished. A recent study by Zheng Wang, a professor at Ohio State University, showed that multitasking caused students to feel more productive, but showed they were actually reducing their cognitive skills abilities such as studying.
  3. It turns people off when you are interacting with them. People who multitask often find themselves coming into contact with others. If you only half pay attention to them, answering texts and phone calls while talking to them, you will lose their respect if you are regularly distracted.
  4. Multitaskers lose productivity. Switching between tasks is counter-productive. You lose time and concentration every time you switch to a different task.
  5. Multitaskers are less likely to finish one quality project. They may finish all their tasks for the day, but they will most likely be sub-par than if they had focused solely on one to completion.

So as you can see, there is most definitely a link between multitasking and focus. Multitasking makes it difficult to focus entirely on each task you are doing. You are thinking about emails you have to respond to when writing a report and the phone calls you need to return even while you are thinking about the next task on your to-do list. This type of working environment doesn’t do anything but cause you stress. Instead of multitasking among several tasks, you should prioritize your tasks and break them up into workable time chunks. Read my post on strategies to improve focus to move forward with these concepts.

I’m Connie Ragen Green and I work with new online entrepreneurs to help them get into profit as quickly as possible with information products, affiliate marketing, marketing for small businesses, blogging, authorship, and more. Download your Online Entrepreneur Blueprint and get started right away.

 

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  1. Esther Diaz says

    May 15, at 3:09 am

    I used to do multi task, and now I just focused on one thing and it’s a really big help because of it I can finish my task in just one or two days, depends. I didn’t realize until we had this seminar at my work about multi tasking, I don’t know for some but it really works for me.

  2. Valenica Abbott says

    January 21, at 1:29 am

    My personal advice: don’t get into social media or watching TV, they never really refresh you. And once you are back into your best mode after the break, do the most important and high on priority tasks first.

  3. Connie Ragen Green says

    January 21, at 6:33 am

    Valencia – yes, we must focus on our highest priorities first. Social media is excellent for my business, and I limit my time there to fifteen minutes each day.
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