A Year of Success!

January marks a major milestone for Signature Worx…we just celebrated our 1 year business anniversary! Looking back on this past year, I wonder if my success was based on skill, determination, lots of luck, or a combination of all these things. One thing I’m sure of, I have learned and accomplished so much more than I ever expected. Did I accomplish everything I set out to do? No, but four months after starting, my business simply took another direction.

Obviously these aren’t the only things that will make your business successful, but I think they are the seeds that will either help your business flourish or kill it before you even get started. Read more

Multitasking is a LIE

This is a great article on multitasking. For years, while working for corporate America, the one question that always seemed to be asked during interviews was “Are you a multitasker?” or “Can you multitask?” I have always disliked this term because you simply cannot devote 100% to more than one task at a time. For example, you have several projects on your plate – Project A, B, & C. This of course doesn’t include the daily tasks in which you are responsible like email, phone calls, etc. If you’re working on Project A, then stop to work on Project B for a while, then again on Project C, nothing is getting done and all you have are partially finished projects. This causes other issues as well because when you have to return to a project, time is wasted because you have to set aside the task you’re working on, gather information for another task again, and figure out where you left off and what still needs to be done.
In addition, from my experience, almost every task I worked on hindered someone else doing their job so until I finish Project A completely, there was someone else who couldn’t get their job done because they needed that information or that phase to be completed.

You can certainly manage multiple projects at one time by prioritizing them and working on them effectively by getting the job finished which is much more productive that skipping around from project to project. Enjoy the article!

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Do you wear the term ‘multitasking’ like a badge of honor? Do you, with great pride, brag to your friends and coworkers that you can manage more tasks at once than an octopus? Are you convinced that you are much more efficient doing 2 or more things at once? I’m here to tell you that multitasking is a big fat LIE! Multitasking does not help us get more things done; in fact it reduces our productivity and efficiency and increases stress.

Corporate and social culture has created multitasking as a norm. With many companies doing more with less, and business owners having to straddle multiple personal and professional roles, there is a certain expectation to get it all done and be responsive to every beep and ring tone that demands your attention. As wonderful as communications technology has become, it has created the side effect of tremendous distraction. Read more