Don’t Fool Yourself
People think multitasking makes them more productive.
It doesn’t.
All multitasking does is divide your attention.
When your attention is divided…
Your execution suffers.
You do everything half-ass.
You miss details.
You rush.
You make mistakes.
Then you spend twice as much time fixing all the crap you screwed up…
…when you could’ve just done it right the first time.
The people you think are great at “multitasking” aren’t actually multitasking.
They’re high-level operators.
They lock in on one task…
Execute it at a high level…
Then immediately shift their full attention to the next one.
That’s not multitasking.
That’s discipline.
That’s focus.
That’s execution.
Stop chasing the illusion that doing five things at once makes you productive.
It doesn’t.
It makes you average.
Do one thing.
Do it to the absolute best of your ability.
Finish it.
Then attack the next task with the same intensity.
That’s what real efficiency looks like.
That’s how high-level operators work.
One task at a time.
~ Andy Frisella
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Sean Kavanaugh
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