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The danger of multitasking is that we can end up neglecting the most important thing, while feeling great about how much we are accomplishing. 'One thing at a time' has its virtues.
The danger of multitasking is that we can end up neglecting the most important thing, while feeling great about how much we are accomplishing. ‘One thing at a time’ has its virtues.
“Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.” – Peter Drucker
In the first part of this two-part series on multitasking, I discussed the importance of productivity and whether multitasking is good for productivity. In this concluding blog, let’s examine why multitasking might not be as good as thing as it is commonly perceived to be.
Here is what we know from various research on the results of multitasking:
So what is the antithesis to multitasking? Doing one thing at a time.
“There can only be one most important thing . Many things may be important but only one can be most important.” – Ross Garber
The only exception to this rule where multitasking works to an extent is parenting at home. Sometimes there is more than one important task and both have the same priority. For instance, your toddler needs to go to the bathroom when the doorbell rings. There are multiple situations like this in a home with young kids. As a parent you have to handle all of them and everything is important but you could still prioritize these on the basis of urgency and do them in a sequence; then, these tasks which appear to be multitasking actually become one task at a time.
“Success demands singleness of purpose.” – Vince Lombardi
We need to figure out what matters the most at a given moment and give it our undivided attention. Extraordinary results are determined by how narrow you can make your focus. Extraordinary success is sequential, not simultaneous. Success builds on success.
Here are just some of the benefits of focusing on one thing a time:
We know now that multitasking is not good for productivity and it is in indeed a myth; that too a very popular one. We also saw that for long-term success, we need to focus on the most important thing at a time and give the task at hand our best.
This way, we would not only be more productive but also become more content and happy. The key is – over time. If we choose right and focus on doing our most important thing right – one thing at a time, slowly and over time, it will accumulate towards a big success.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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