What can the Terminator teach you about productivity?
- - - Hint: It’s not about time travel.
Will learning how to dunk like Air Jordan improve your work life balance?
- - - Hint: It’s not about the shoes you wear.
Both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Jordan share a common trait.
Learn about it in this video.
Whether it’s around the dinner table or just in front of the TV, U.S. families say they are spending less time together.
The Annenberg Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California is reporting this week that 28 percent of Americans it interviewed last year said they have been spending less time with members of their households. That’s nearly triple the 11 percent who said that in 2006.
Looking for the Arnold Schwarzenegger video? Click here: http://www.davecrenshaw.com/blog/2009/06/video-training-arnold-schwarzenegger-productivity/
From the moment I began talking about the myth of multitasking, I was
confronted by this one big question.
Can women multitask better than men?
People often cite “studies” than have shown conclusively that women
can multitask better than men.
Want to know what those “studies” really say?
I’ve been testing a G1 phone from T-Mobile for the last few weeks. So far I have been very impressed and I believe Android is the phone operating system of the future.
However, I did come across one big “Uh-Oh” regarding at least the way T-Mobile handles the service. If you’re using the G1, and planning to go abroad be sure to contact T-Mobile beforehand to add the WorldClass service feature to your data.
Credit to David M. Goldes, President and Senior Analyst, Basex for sharing this information.
Most people have become slack-jawed at the phenomenal rudeness of people at check-out counters chatting away with friends while they process a transaction.
But they never notice your irritation — instead, they become annoyed with you when you disrupt what is normally a process that doesn’t usually require their attention. You are simply part of a process they can do while multitasking.
Sharma Howard writes a compelling article to encourage teens to stop multitasking (switchtasking). I still believe that teens need to be given an immediate, personally compelling reason to stop switchtasking. What is the impact of switchtasking on their play time? When the switchtask on their friends, how does that impact their social standing?
Don’t teenagers have an advantage when it comes to multitasking?
They grew up in a technology-driven world, right?
They pop out of the womb with the ability to send 100 text messages per minute.
By the age of two they have mastered the zen art of the Wii.
At age four, they can create a spreadsheet in Excel for calculating the statistical probability of getting no green M&Ms in a bag of candy.
Don’t they have the ability to multitask?
I’ll 
admit it. I was multitasking while writing this. With multiple projects on my mind, my work set-up demonstrated it. I had several Firefox tabs open with different types of sites, ranging from blogs to newspapers, Gmail to random research. I was saving bits and pieces of information into Evernote. Books were laid open on the table. TED talks were playing in the background for inspiration. Let’s not forget Twitter, or the email notifications reminding me that I was missing some late-night work action. I was mentally all over the place, and to my detriment, was not finishing what I started.
Let’s face it, I created most of this situation. Much of my success depended on my ability to stay focused (which could be an entirely different article), but I’m not alone in feeling the need to stay on top of so much at one time. Everything seems urgent, we don’t want to fall behind, or worse yet, miss something.
http://johnnyholland.org/magazine/2009/05/save-me-from-myself-designing-for-multitasking/
Tim Mai and his brother escaped Vietnam on a fishing boat in 1986. Since then, Tim has built a substantial business becoming an internet guru in the field of real estate investment.
He is truly on of the happiest people in the world. It’s nearly impossible without spending Tim to not start smiling yourself.
He’s smiling even more after completing my Get Time Boot Camp. Watch this video to see why.
Multitasking drivers beware: the Illinois legislature has put a target on your backs.
The House today approved two measures aimed at limiting what drivers do behind the wheel. House Bill 71 passed 92-25 and looks to ban text messaging while driving. House Bill 72 passed 96-21 forbids talking on a cell phone in either a school or construction zone.
http://www.sj-r.com/homepage/x702314812/Illinois-legislature-Texting-driving
