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Use background-tasking to get more done

Use background-tasking to get more done

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Use background-tasking to get more done

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- In my time management fundamentals course, I talk about how there's no such thing as multitasking. There is either switchtasking or background tasking. Switchtasking is when you're trying to perform two activities that require attention at the same time. It's never productive and always inefficient. Background tasking, however, is when something mindless, mundane, or automatic occurs in the background while you're performing an activity. Background tasking can get you the maximum benefit for the time that you spend working. So, it's actually something you want to actively look for. You want to find opportunities to background task. So, I'd like to give you a few suggestions of places that you can look to find opportunities to background task. The first is through delegation. If you think about all the different activities that you have, only a few of them are most valuable. These are the things where you want to actively…

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