Time Chunking & Multi-tasking with Brandy Mychals
There’s more than one way to make your business grow…
I’m always asked by clients “how” to make it all work. I answer many of those questions at my 2-Day live event – “Cracking the Confidence Code”. And, I touch on many of these topics in this blog. This one is about time…
Sometimes, you might Time Chunk: which means focusing on one thing at a time, and completing each task.
Then, there’s multi-tasking: which means working on several things at once.
The question is: how do you find the balance?
If you try to do everything at once, you’ll drive yourself crazy.
Yet, both Time Chunking and Multi-tasking have a place in your business.
For example, in one month you might work on 4, 5, or even 6 projects. In an hour, you will work on only one, and then shift gears and move on to another.
This flexibility creates momentum– and success– in your business so learn to multi-task and to time chunk.
Just remember; don’t do them both at the same time! Be strategic with your business, and your time.
Then, get ready to rock the year!
Carpe diem,
Brandy
Brandy Mychals is the creator of the Character Code™ System for Client Attraction without being “salesy.” She is the 2011 International FEMTOR Award Winner presented by eWomenNetwork. She was also selected by a Fortune 500 company as one of the top ten bloggers in the U.S . Brandy is the author of the soon to be published book Savvy Speaker Secrets and is in development for a reality TV show based on her Character Code™ system. Brandy’s specialty is teaching entrepreneurs how to make the journey from obscurity to buzz in record time so your ideal clients track you down.
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Great post! The term Time Chunking is new to me, but I realize it’s something I do already. I always thought to be good at time management meant that you had to just multi-task, but felt scattered when I’d try to work on multiple projects at the same time. I prefer to focus on one thing for a period of time. It gives me a greater sense of accomplishment. Putting them both together makes sense. Now I will give myself permission to Time Chunk and enjoy working on the current phase of one of my projects, while looking forward to working on the other projects I have in my multi-tasking stream.
Thanks for this easy tip Brandy! I agree – having a variety of projects that will move your business forward is key. Yet, we can spin our wheels trying to do too many things at one time as well. Sometimes I have to turn off email, etc. in order to focus on one project at a time (since I’m more of a multi-tasker). This helps me to stay focused.
Here, here! It’s so discouraging to hear people bragging about being able to multi-task. Really? Productivity drops exponentially when you are not focused on a single task for a given period of time.
Here’s an easy test to prove it to anyone who’s not convinced: Write “Character Code” down one side of a piece of paper vertically, then the numbers 1 through 13 down the other side, lined up with the letter of “Character Code”. How long did that take? About 8 seconds is average. Now just write the C on the left and the 1 on the right, the h on the left, the 2 on the right, and so on. How long did THAT take? Significantly longer, if you’re normal!
I actually use a cheap kitchen timer to help me stay on task while chunking – it works!
The other side of the coin was spang on too. You can get money rolling in faster by working on several projects “at once” …in addition to not getting bored!
Great post, Brandy!
I’m definitely a Time-Chunker! Multi-tasking makes my Scholar brain go loopy. It’s good to know that time chunking is an effective way of getting jobs completed! As always, great post, Brandy!
Nice! Great tips. I’m not a fan of multi-tasking, since it’s really not possible to multi-task (unless you are doing two things and one is completely mindless – you’re brain can only process one thing at a time). But you can break things into small chunks (I like 15 min chunks). I wrote about time chunking and touched on small chunks, here it is: http://wp.me/p22Vnn-6r