Remember the multitasking exercise? In it I told you there were three negative effects that come from multitasking. But that’s not completely accurate. There is a fourth effect and, to many, it’s even more damaging than the first three.
In this video, I give you a simple exercise that you can share with coworkers and friends to understand and avoid this fourth effect.
Action Steps:
- Perform this simple exercise:
- Find a partner. For 30 seconds, talk to them about something you learned today.
- Switch. This time, while your partner shares with you something they learned for 30 seconds, multitask.
- At the end, ask your partner to describe in one word how that made them feel.
- The next time you have an interaction with a person, give them 100% of your attention.
- Please comment on this page about your experiences or questions.
Principles to Learn:
- There is a fourth effect that comes from multitasking: it damages relationships.
- When you multitask on a human being, you are telling them, perhaps unintentionally, that they are unimportant.
- When you focus 100% on people, you tell them that they are important.
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