From the course: Enhancing Your Productivity
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Managing your time
If you have completed my Time Management course on lynda.com you're familiar with the concept of using a schedule to focus on your most valuable activities. When it comes to being invaluable, the principle of focus really is about time. It deals with how you choose to use your time on a weekly, daily, and even hourly basis, especially your work time. I encourage you to complete the entire Time Management course as a preparation to help you become focused, but there are two basics I can share with you right now that will give you some benefit. The first deals with switching and multitasking. Many people feel they have too many things demanding their attention and too much to do. So they attempt to multitask to compensate for that. Yet however attractive the concept of multitasking is, it's ultimately false. When you attempt to do multiple things that require your attention at the same time, you switch back and forth between those activities. This is why I refer to multitasking as…
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