Friday, November 12, 2004

Motivation & Multi-Tasking

Earlier this week Andre and I were passing emails back and forth. We both happened to be knee-deep in Keyword Research, and I mentioned that I was working on several sites at once. So it went:

Andre: "I don't know how you multitask like that!"

Me: "Yes - and I'm blogging, pinging, emailing, reviewing courses & studying new material... and doing laundry, too!" (LOL)

Andre: "GOD! You ARE good! Would you mind PLEASE PLEASE sending me some of the "super-juice" you're taking -- it's got to be something strong! ;)"

Me: "LOL!! It's called MOTIVATION :D
I am so pumped, I can hardly sit still!"

Andre: "OK smarty-pants, where do you buy this MOTIVATION from, and in what dosage is it best taken? Obviously NOT on an empty stomach?!"


LOL - Andre's a funny guy :p

Seriously, though - If I could bottle this stuff up, I'd be one rich woman!! (Ya think??)


It's been a great week! I've made serious progress on a lot of projects, and even plan to go live with my newest site this weekend. It's not even indexed in any of the search engines, so it will be a clean slate from which to track and test various theories. I'm looking forward to that!

Oh - and about the "Motivation & Multi-tasking" thing... the motivation part just comes natural. As for the multi-tasking -- my secret there is that I use a "timer". If I'm working on three projects at once, I'll set the timer for 15 minutes and work on one. Then reset it and work on the other. Then set it again and work on the 3rd. And by the end of the day I've accomplished three major tasks!

This works for me when they're all three equally important - but big enough projects to make them seem like daunting tasks to sit down and accomplish all at once. It's my secret for getting through the "work" part of my work ;)

Have a great weekend!!


6 Comments:

At 9:35 PM, Blogger Dan Reinhold said...

I'm with Andre...send me some of that!!

So the timer thing is 15 minutes on each of those three tasks and then rotate those "time slots" until all three are done?

Don't EVEN say you finish each one in JUST 15 minutes...

 
At 9:20 AM, Blogger Me said...

Multitasking? I used to be good at it, but now find that concentrating on one thing at a time is sometimes too much. ;-)

Motivation? Got that covered pretty well, with some expert help from a close friend. Thanks.

 
At 9:45 AM, Blogger Lynn Terry said...

Yes - rotating the tasks in 15 minute increments ;) I'm not Super Woman! LOL

That helps me to keep at it, versus trying to make myself sit down and do a 3 hour task!

 
At 11:09 AM, Blogger TWM said...

Love the site . . . I will be back for ideas . . .

 
At 5:46 PM, Blogger Kelly said...

I don't know how to do only one thing at a time anymore! I love to multitask and brainstorm :)

 
At 7:39 AM, Blogger Lois Carter Fay said...

I'm one of the original ADD folks, I think. My mind is going a million miles a minute and it's hard to focus on one thing to get it completely done. Your idea of setting a timer might help. Again, Lynn to the rescue!

Lois Carter Fay
http://www.marketingideashop.com and
http://www.womenmarketing.com

 

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