Task switching exacts a cost few realize they are even paying.
Juggling is an illusion. ... In reality, the balls are being independently caught and thrown in rapid succession. ... It is actually task switching.
The people we live with and work with on a daily basis deserve our full attention. When we give people segmented attention, piecemeal time, switching back and forth, the switching cost is higher than just the time involved. We end up damaging relationships.
You can do two things at once, but you can't focus effectively on two things at once.
Find the lead domino, and whack away at it until it falls.
If disproportionate results come from one activity, then you must give that one activity disproportionate time.
To be financially wealthy you must have a purpose for your life. In other words, without purpose, you'll never know when you have enough money, and you can never be financially wealthy.
When you give your ONE Thing your most emphatic Yes! and vigorously say No! to the rest, extraordinary results become possible.
When we know something that needs to be done but isn't currently getting done, we often say, I just need more discipline. Actually, we need the habit of doing it. And we need just enough discipline to build the habit.
In the end, the best way to succeed is to go small. And when you go small, you say no - a lot. A lot more than you might have even considered before.
Even an idle phone conversation when driving takes a 40 percent bite out of your focus and, surprisingly, can have the same effect as being drunk.
If everyone has the same amount of time and yet some earn more than others, can we say then say that it's how we use our time that determines the money we make?
You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.
Multitasking is a lie.
