Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Uncompleted Tasks

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task." ~William James

How right is that? That one thing that you've been putting off and it's just hanging there, bugging you and the more you ignore it the more it bugs you...

How stress-free would we be if we only worked on one project at a time and worked on it until we completed it? Multi-tasking is a myth and anyone who tells you they are good at it are only kidding themselves and others. When you "multi-task" it takes you on an average about 20% longer to complete each task, so instead of getting things done, you are spending 40% longer doing them than if you would have done them one at a time...Something to consider:

*The next time you put one project down to start another...
*The next time that you don't feel like finishing that report now...
*The next time you don't want to call you client and give them the bad news...

Think back to the last time that you left a task uncomplete. How did that feel?
"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."

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