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Multitasking: The True Story
Many of us pride ourselves on being great multitaskers, believing we can juggle multiple tasks simultaneously and get more done in less time. General perception is that multitaskers are more productive. However, research suggests that multitasking is more of a myth than a reality. The truth is multitasking can have detrimental effects on focus, efficiency,…
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Set Firm Boundaries to Uplevel Your Experience
E.A.Fife
If I created a manual for life, everyone picks up their dirty clothes and puts them in a laundry basket. They clean up the crumbs that fall off their plates, get their work accomplished by the deadline, and never forget a promise they’ve made to me. While no real manual exists, we have all created…
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A Simple Time Management Hack
E.A.Fife
You are facing a deadline. You know you have a lot of work to meet the deadline. Time keeps slipping away. Tackling the tasks seems impossible. You start the day with a list of priorities to accomplish, but between emails, phone calls, and customers, your priorities fall off the plate and next thing you know,…
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Overcoming Overwhelm
Tasks pile up, you struggle to get to them all, and then tasks fall off the plate. There is a thought in your mind, “I can never get ahead or even catch up.” Instantly, overwhelm takes over. It feels like overwhelm has you in its grips and you’ll never be free of the snare. Each…
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More Time isn’t the Answer
Parkinson’s Law dictates that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” This means that however much time is available for a task is how long it will take to complete. Every year, there is a cycle of work that must be done. Maybe it is a research cycle, writing a…