What is Synchronized Tasking and how is it different than Multi-Tasking?

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"As you develop your familiarity and expertise with the tasks you have—including the time/focus each task requires—your speed and your affectiveness to complete your 'to-do' list improves over time. Effective synchronized tasking demands that you understand and learn from past experiences. Always seek to improve a process. The cyclical, structured, and hierarchical aspects of your tasks should become predictable over time. If you know a set of tasks cycle through the day at certain times, shift your schedule to accommodate them instead of leaving for lunch or going home just because that's when your 'time' is up. Let your work dictate your schedule rather than letting your schedule dictate your work.

Respond to time with your Total Integrity Managed Effectively. Do not let your time be a limiting factor to blame. Time does not change—your perception of time changes based on your attention and understanding of the tasks you have.

Continuously improve ways to do whatever's on your list as you strive to execute them at a comfortable pace. Using a strategy of background and foreground 'parallel' processing—instead of multi-tasking, you can become incredibly productive without being scattered. Do not fall into the frantic strategy of juggling too much at once and ending up being less productive than if you would have done each task separately, one after another. A savvy 'Synchronized Tasker' does not have the ability to do more at once, but rather the ability to handle more tasks 'almost' simultaneously in a more time efficient and effective fashion—each done with the focus required when in the forefront and the required detachment when in the background."

By using our Best Foot First, "Tips for Effective Synchronized Tasking and Productive Time Management," you can make success your habit every day!