4 Amazing Tips for Women Leaders to Juggle Life and Work
Here Are 4 Science-Based Ways
1. Forget About Multi-Tasking - While it is possible to engage in several activities at once, it’s also clear that accuracy and performance drops off quickly for both men and women. There have been lots of articles written about how women can multi-task better than men, but there is very little science to back up this assertion.
In fact, psychologists have only been able to confirm that men are slower than women when switching quickly between tasks. The reason multi-tasking is not efficient is because the brain works in a serial manner: one thing after another. People can observe multiple activities, but they are not able to pay equal attention to all of them.
2. Practice Routine Activities - There are times, however, when we all need to perform more than one task at a time. One way to juggle more than one ball is to practice specific, routine activities over and over again until they become embedded. Once that activity is embedded, start layering by adding more activities. Driving to work is a perfect example: you do not need to “think” about the route you drive, the radio station to select, which exit to take, or directions to your office. These activities are embedded into your thinking because your brain likes to identify patterns. The more you use a pattern, the less attention you will need to complete the task.
3. Prioritize Information So You Can Make Better Decisions - We’ve all experienced a barrage of information coming at us all at once. As a result, we sometimes get paralyzed and feel that we can’t move ahead with any decision! This is a normal reaction because your brain is experiencing an overload of information that is queuing up for attention. Just like a computer can get constipated with too many jobs coming in at once, our brain reacts in much the same way.
4. Be Wise In How You Split Your Attention - If you feel pressured by several things at once, make a conscious decision as to whether you should split your focus, and then put a time limit on how long you will spend spitting your attention. Afterward, go back to focusing on your first priority. If a thought should enter your mind about another matter, jot a quick note to remind you at a later date and resume focusing on your priority.
It is possible to juggle several things at once, but remember, the only way to do multiple mental tasks, if accuracy is important, is by doing them one at a time.
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