BRX Pro Tip: 3 Reasons for Mono Tasking
Stone Payton: Welcome back to Business RadioX Pro Tips, Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, today’s topic is multitasking.
Lee Kantor: Yeah. And when we’re talking about multitasking, we’re talking about maybe you should stop doing it and start focusing on monotasking. And monotasking is kind of where you just focus on one thing at a time, and you block time just to go and do one thing, rather than have four tabs open where you’re bouncing back and forth.
Lee Kantor: Here’s three reasons why monotasking is actually better than multitasking. Number one, when you monotask, your brain can go deeper into the work, and this typically leads to a higher quality output, you’re going to solve problems faster, and you’re going to make fewer mistakes when you kind of lock down the time and just focus on one thing at a time.
Lee Kantor: Number two, when you’re switching between tasks, no matter how similar they might seem, you’re actually slowing yourself down because every time you switch, that drains cognitive energy and time. And there’s a term for it actually called context switching, and that actually drains mental resources, so you’re not being as effective as you think you are.
Lee Kantor: And number three, when you’re focused on one task, you’re more likely to enter into what’s called a flow state. And a flow state is you’ve seen it in sports where all of a sudden, you know, a basketball player can’t miss or a receiver can’t drop a ball. That’s that zone where time kind of disappears and you’re so immersed in whatever you’re doing that it feels like you can’t be stopped.
Lee Kantor: And that’s really where progress can happen, and that’s really where big ideas come from, and that’s where big change can happen. So, try it for a week or so, put down the multitasking and focus on the monotasking.
