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I found working sequentially to be a lot more effective than in parallel. A great piece on the subject is Unitasking by Trent Walton: I noticed something interesting the day I was confined to just 13” of screen space. Even though I couldn’t see everything I needed to operate and reference at once, I became more focused. Only seeing one window at a ...

There's two things going on here. The thing that I think is going to help you the most is recording and remembering your goal. The second is trying to figure out how to manage multiple projects. Understanding your goal will, in all likelihood, help you understand how to prioritize and manage. I have a similar problem in that I've always got lots of ...

It seems like you are asking for a personal experience, and the short answer to this question is "it depends". It depends on my overall workload, on the degree of my interest in tasks, on whether the boss keeps asking me to get it done, and so on and so forth. But to approach the question formally, I'd divide all tasks into four parts: Important and ...

The way taught to me on various priority management courses took into account a variety of aspects including: Urgency/Deadline If it is due tomorrow, you'd best do it now. This value goes up as you get closer to that deadline. Age It is often easier to tackle a problem when it is new, and the description is fresh in your mind, so rather than let even ...

Mind always does at least 2 task in parallel: One you can observe, another you can't. The second task is basically related to body, routine activities etc. For example: You can listen music when you are traveling or waling. Because both tasks don't require much concentration. You can read books while relaxing your legs in water. Do tasks sequentially ...

I've always found myself to be far more productive when I do one thing at a time, even when the task is repeating. Take, for example, that you must make lots of envelopes. Each envelope has three items to be included,two address stickers to attach, and of course each envelope must be closed by removing a tape. One way would be to: 1. Take one item from each ...

If I have multiple tasks that need to be worked on at the same time, I discuss that with my boss and the stakeholders and we determine the actual priority order I will work them in. There can never be two number 1 priorities and don't ever agreeto such a thing (one client tried to give us 32 number one priorities out of a list of 33, we sent the list back ...