New rules of productivity
ZenHabits is one of the best blogs around – and I’m lucky enough to be interviewing the guy behind the blog, Leo, as one of the Great Work interviews.
This is Leo’s latest posting, and it’s full of wisdom about how the old rules of working just don’t work any more.
I’m hard pressed to pick which one of the four points I like the most, but here’s something that resonated loud and clear for me today:
4. Don’t multi-task — multi-project and single-task.
Old school: Multi-tasking is productive. Juggling tasks shows how productive you are, says old school productivity. I’ve written enough about multi-tasking for you to know where I stand on that.
Productivity 2.0: Multi-project and single-task. While I won’t go on once again about single-tasking — focusing on one task at a time to be more effective — I will say that multi-projecting has its uses. Let’s say…
What do you think? What do you need to change in how you work to do more Great Work?
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