My main weakness

I figure some people who had not seen this article might be interested.

Laurence,

David Allen, the creator of the GTD method, i.e. Getting Things Done, says pen and paper are still the best ways to deal with out next actions, i.e. our todo list. It keeps things simple. :)

I like what he says, I like what you say. I try to follow the leaders who make sense. :)

I often do that, do a few things at the same time, but that there is actually adding a new job for me.
and now I try to focus on one thing only, until the job was finished properly.

Focus is the only way to succeed, no matter what you're doing. I agree with the points people have raised here.
I personally use a notepad and pen (yes, the old fashioned way) and make a list of the things to do the next day.
I prioritise them so if I don't get everything done, at least the most important things will be finished.

When I cross something off, it feels like I have accomplished something.

Everyone has their own ways of doing things but it is ESSENTIAL that you do have a meth

A nice article. This is a problem with so many people.

First off,awesome article Phil,
Second, I sometimes have this same problem.
I also put things off till later.
Focus is my main goal for this year.

All the best,
Scott

Philippe really this is a great article

Selya, thanks for pointing that out, I just topped your comment, I like the fact that you pinpointed something in particular, the rest of comment is top notch too

Very interesting article, and I think we can learn a lot from it, this I think is the best part, multitasking make our work 50% less valuable; it takes 50% longer to finish.

Great article Philippe, as a teacher, I use that word quite a bit with my students. I'm not too good at multi-tasking, now I see that's not so bad after all.

My favorite line in your article says... "the key to proper concentration is creating your own purpose-driven habits that enable you to step into flow.

Corey, your comment has been topped

Paula, Cheryl, awesome comments, one of you should take the ball and run with it in another article dedicated to that important aspect you're discussing

Yes, but there are diffrences in structure to. In case of braindamage it is for the woman brain easier to switch funtions from left to right brain half then for main. Therefore more women recover better from braindamage because of this than man. I know a bit about it since my youngest got braindamage because of a flue virus. He never recovered but thank God he is very happy.

Multitasking was an 80's and 90's cliche thing. People who were considered good at multitasking were sought after by employers who figured they would get more than their monies worth. Many people would brag on their ability to multitask so that employers would find them attractive to hire...............needless to say, it's an ineffective method of working to produce results.......

Focus on individual tasks until complete, do the ones you least likely enjoy doing first to get them out of th

Toshiba, your comment deserved a "top it" click, thanks to that wonderful part :

"I have heard sev. x's from mentors that successful people don't multi task."

Wow Philippe your article is pretty deep I myself have a problem with multi tasking & trying to do to may things at once & this article breaks in down & has helped me to understand my problem.
However lately I have gotten a little bit better with working on
1 thing at a time. I haven't completely mastered this yet but I have heard sev. x's from mentors that successful people don't multi task. Thanks for sharing! Bookmarking this one!

I've taken a quick look at this and there's lots of great content there - ironically it distracted me from what I was doing - go figure

Paula, funny, I was writing my comment after reading the first 2, then submitted and saw there was a notification. I was thinking, the author of the book mentioned in the article is a man. You and I had a telepathic moment :)

@Michael, sorry, I don't feel guilty LOL

@Nev, to be a multitasking guru, one has to be a woman ! :) No offense meant to the gals, it's John Gray who says it in his Men are from Mars... book LOL

I have to accept that I will do better quality if I listen to the author. My new coach wants me to learn the same thing too, i.e. work on a task until it is finished, then move on to the next

I have read somewhere woman are better in multi tasking. I think partly of the structure of the brain. And I think also because of training, since mothers and housewifes do multi tasking all their life.

When I first loaded this page my browser froze before the content came up. I thought, Oh No! Phil has no weaknesses.

Thankfully I managed to get the page to load. I always thought you were the multitasking guru! I agree, it is just too easy to be distracted from the many things we should be doing.

And you've introduced us to another great resource.