609: Why You Need to Stop Multitasking and Start Singletasking with Devora Zack

09/28/20 • 37 min

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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Devora Zack debunks multitasking myths and shares how singletasking can help you get more done– one thing at a time.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why multitasking reduces your efficiency

2) How to unplug effectively

3) Why we get addicted to multitasking

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— ABOUT DEVORA —

Devora Zack is CEO of Only Connect Consulting, a Washington Post bestselling author and global speaker with books in 45 language translations. Her clients include Deloitte, Smithsonian, Delta Airlines, the FDA, Johns Hopkins, and the National Institutes of Health. She has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, US News & World Report, Forbes, Self, Redbook, Fast Company, and many others. She is the author of Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Managing for People Who Hate Managing and Singletasking.

• Book: Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected

• Book: Singletasking: Get More Done-One Thing at a Time

• Book: Managing for People Who Hate Managing: Be a Success by Being Yourself

• Website: MyOnlyConnect.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

• Mythology: Odysseus

• Personality: Douglas Merrill on Multitasking

• Personality: Elinor Glyn

• Personality: Philo of Alexandria

• Personality: Steven Pressfield

• Term: Cluster tasking

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Devora Zack debunks multitasking myths and shares how singletasking can help you get more done– one thing at a time.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why multitasking reduces your efficiency

2) How to unplug effectively

3) Why we get addicted to multitasking

Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep609 for clickable versions of the links below.

— ABOUT DEVORA —

• Book: Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected

• Book: Singletasking: Get More Done-One Thing at a Time

• Book: Managing for People Who Hate Managing: Be a Success by Being Yourself

• Website: MyOnlyConnect.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

• Mythology: Odysseus

• Personality: Douglas Merrill on Multitasking

• Personality: Elinor Glyn

• Personality: Philo of Alexandria

• Personality: Steven Pressfield

• Term: Cluster tasking

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

• Hydrant. Hydrate all the more effectively, efficiently, and deliciously! Listeners save 25% at drinkhydrant.com/awesome.

• Magic Spoon. Enjoy free shipping on delicious, healthy, high-protein cereal that reminds you of childhood. Free shipping on the variety pack at magicspoon.com/HTBA.

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Previous Episode

608: Finding Extreme Clarity for Better Career Fit with Tracy Timm

Tracy Timm discusses how to define your professional value and find greater fulfillment in your career.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The three types of fit that determine career satisfaction

2) Why an emphasis on job titles hurts our careers

3) How to get clear on your toughest decisions in one hour

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— ABOUT TRACY —

Tracy Timm is the founder of The Nth Degree® Career Academy, the proven career clarity system that helps high-potential professionals discover, define, and drive careers they love. She has a degree in behavioral psychology from Yale University and studied design thinking with the founder of the d.school at Stanford University.

Tracy left a successful but unsatisfying career in finance, traveled once around the world on Semester at Sea, and discovered her ideal career. For more than five years, she has applied these lessons in her career advisory work with hundreds of individuals and over one hundred fast-growing companies. Tracy lives in Dallas, Texas.

• Tracy’s book: Unstoppable: Discover Your True Value, Define Your Genius Zone, and Drive Your Dream Career

• Tracy’s website: TracyTimm.com

• Book website: UnstoppableCareerBook.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Website: CoreValuesList.com

• Book: Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris

• Book: If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules: Ten Rules for Being Human as Introduced in Chicken Soup for the Soul by Cherie Carter-Scott

• Book: Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield

• Game: Master of Orion

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610: How to Communicate with People Who Disagree with You with Dr. Tania Israel

Dr. Tania Israel discusses the fundamental skills that help us have more empathic conversations.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) One skill to make difficult conversations more manageable

2) How to stop seeing disagreement as a threat

3) The two fears that keep us from actively listening

Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep610 for clickable versions of the links below.

— ABOUT TANIA —

Tania Israel is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Raised in Charlottesville, Virginia and educated at the University of Pennsylvania and Arizona State University, Dr. Israel is known for her work on dialogue across political lines, social justice, and LGBT psychology.

• Tania’s book: Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide, Skills and Strategies for Conversations That Work

• Tania’s website: TaniaIsrael.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Hidden Tribes”

• Technique: The Pomodoro Technique

• Tool: Temi

• Book: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt

• Book: Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller

• Cartoon: Peadoodles

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