Clutter Video Tip is about what I call “duotasking.” Now, we’ve all heard of multitasking and

we’ve probably also heard that multitasking doesn’t work [POP], and that’s true. Many

studies have shown that when we ask our brain to process two things at the same time we

are actually less effective at both of those tasks. So when you’re trying to read your

e-mail and carry on a coherent conversation with someone on the phone at the same time

that is not going to work. But this word that I made up, duotasking, is something that does

work. So here’s my definition of duotasking. Elegant pairs of tasks that can be done simultaneously

with no negative effects. So you might set one task in motion to operate independently

from the other or the task might require very little thought or attention. So an example

would be walking on your treadmill while you work on a laptop. And I just made a video

about that, that you can see. Also you might be driving while you’re listening to some

audio content like audio books or pod casts or recorded teleclasses. [POP] You can also

clean while you’re talking on the phone. That’s why I’m wearing my headset right

now. A headset is a very important productivity tool. You can do lots of things while you

talk on the phone – straighten up your house or whatever. And you also can use a crock

pot to cook your dinner while you are working all day. [POP] Now, what do all of those things

have in common? Planning. This is why Brian Tracy always says that every minute spent

in planning saves you 10. That is an amazing return on your investment of time. So when

you plan ahead and you download your audio content to bring with you in the car, you

think ahead to get the right thing put in the crock pot before you leave the house,

all of those things, those duotasks, can save you lots of time and make you much more efficient.

[POP]

So I have a great duotasking opportunity for you. Every month we have a free teleclass

for everybody that is about various lifestyle topics such as interior design or money or

happiness. And these are all friends of mine who are out there in the expert author/speaker

world, and I am delighted to share their content with you. We have registration for that all

the time – you can see the next class always at clutterdiet.com/teleclass. And also you

can access the archives of all of those recordings in our Member area. Now, anybody can be a

member of our program free for two weeks. So you can get in there and access that audio

page and see all of those recordings and everything else we have to offer, including help directly

from our expert team of organizers. You can find out more about that at clutterdiet.com/learnmore.

See you next time, and may you always be happy and grateful for having more than enough.