Tips to become a true multi-tasker

It´s 8:30 am and i´m checking all my Google analytics, going through my mails, got my water going and my to-do list ready to go, i´m chatting to the people in the office sending them work for the day and checking some of my Google reader articles and bookmarking them for later… all this whilst checking the billing and blogging at the same time. Yes… I am, the true multi-tasker. Now if I was at home, I would throw in some breakfast, some CNN, I´d be feeding the cat and putting some clothes in the washer whilst I make my bed :o)

How so I do it? Organization I think… I have been so used to doing so many things at the same time that now I just do it without thinking. Many times I have been asked to give tips on how to multi-task so I have decided to go ahead and write some up. Of course, this is the way I do it, doesnt mean all apply to you but if you follow one or two I am pretty sure it would make your day a little bit more productive.

Ann´s list of tips to becoming a true multi-tasker:

1. Believe in yourself, think multitasking and you’ll be able to do it.

2. Never leave for tomorrow what you can do today, don’t procrastinate! Answer that e-mail now, make that call now and eventually you will have some extra time at the end of the day.

3. Go wireless. If you work at home, a laptop will give you the mobility to take care of other tasks whilst you’re working on something. Read the rest of this entry »