Today in our high speed lives we are tasked to do more in less time. So, now everyone tries to multi-task to accomplish everything at the same time. Well, the news is in. You are not as effective when you multi-task. You actually become less effective and lower your score on the Matrix.
Let me explain my rationale on this one. It takes between 30 seconds and one minute for you mind to switch to a new task, refocus, and reengage before making a second of progress on the new task. Say you have three tasks and 15 minutes to accomplish each one. When you multi-task, AKA juggle, looks what happens. You spend one minute on each task and then move on to the next one and so on until the 15 minutes is up. Each time you spend one minute on each you never really have time to refocus and reengage. So, you mind is actually on all three tasks at once and you never focus. SO, things get missed and your effectiveness goes down.
If on the other hand, you spend 5 minutes on each and then move on you are more effective. You mind has time to switch, refocus, and reengage and you still have 4 to 4.5 minutes of time to be effective. In the end, in both scenarios you accomplish both tasks in the 15 minute time frame, but which one do you think was more productive? Think about it the next time you are faced with multiple projects and a limited time frame. Rethink your multi-tasking time management and make a bigger Splash on the Matrix.
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