CAREER
“Honouring your time with yourself, with your creative flow or just taking the time to recharge, is priceless.”
According to studies, multi-tasking decreases our productivity by 60% and our IQ by 10%. Do you really want to do that to yourself? Multi-tasking triggers our brain into overdrive and es- pecially as, you may have guessed, social media, pop ups, notifi- cations and so on cause us to pay attention to every little distraction and disturbance, instead of the main task we actually want to focus on.
And then there is this thing called “the flow”. We have all expe- rienced it but it seems like a distant memory, maybe. The feeling you get when you are totally immersed in what you are doing, giving it your best and full attention – naturally. Your mind is calm, though working fully, and you are creating. Nothing else and no one else is present, you lose sense of time, you just feel the fulfilment and expansion.
I have a friend who is an artist and I’d get frustrated sometimes when I could not get in touch with him because he left his mo- bile phone at home. But what a lesson to learn! Honouring your time with yourself, with your creative flow or just taking
the time to recharge, is priceless.
People actually pay to get excluded from all modern-day distrac- tions in order to spend some quality time with – themselves! The boom in the retreat industry is one testament to that (I do love retreats by the way.) Also, we buy apps that tell us what to do, when and how to do it; we work with coaches and mentors to help us prioritise what we know we should prioritise anyway.
Whether it is studying, creating or doing mundane work, the key is to pace yourself in a such a way that you can complete what you set out to do, without stressing out. Turn off all the distractions: the phone, the notifications on your computer, the TV or whatever else is there that may be tugging at your attention. Close your eyes and just breathe for a few minutes and then immerse your- self fully in whatever you are doing. A true sense of fulfilment will follow – not just the temporary feel-good kick that you have crossed off that item on your to do list.
“Multi-tasking is a trap that does not make us more productive.”
Jelena Radonjic is a career fulfilment coach who is passionate about helping aspiring professionals find and retain the work they love. With more than 20 years in international recruitment, substantial training and practice in coaching and self-development, Jelena is perfectly positioned to guide you with empathy and challenge, towards clarity, focus and success. To find out more about Jelena’s work and how she can support you, visit
www.whatwork.co.uk
www.focus-info.org
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