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1. Join us!: In life, we are plenty of things that are fighting
for our attention. Whether it's our phones
or social media or friends or family,
or billboards. Something is trying to interrupt our thought process so they
can get the attention. In this class I go over
how to monitor task, focus and concentrate so you can start and
finish a project. My name is Francesca Sam Riley. I'm a keynote speaker, been on stages like FedEx, a Wim Hoff instructor, and someone who knows that
multitasking is not for me. Why? Well, I learned the hard way. I've been to so many
different projects and courses and things in life where I started and then I didn't finish
because I got distracted. You see attention span is not
as much as it used to be. We are fighting for our
attention to stay within. But how can you, when you have all these
gadgets and fun people around? In this class, I go over
how to monitor task. I share relatable stories
and I showed you the how-to on how I do it
on a day-to-day basis. Look, in this class, I'm going to ask you to monetize
by just watching it and enjoying the whole idea of how to learn how
to monitor task. I really hope to see
you in the next lesson.
2. Monotasking vs Multitasking: Are you ready to have
fun, ready for it a class that's going
to energize you, motivate you, and hopefully put you on this path
of Mano tasking. So let's set up
some house rules. If you're watching a
mono testing course. Well, I highly recommend that
you monitor task and focus. What does that mean? Well, put away your phone maybe or if you're using your
phone to watch this, I'm going to ask you because
I can't something to do, but if you could just get into the zone and just
truly be here with me. If you can't, you
got to do what you gotta do, then please. The third thing is, what is mano tasking and what
is multitasking? And why does one
outperform the other? Let's get into it. Mano tasking is one task. Multitasking is multiple tasks. Let me get into the details of what multitasking really is. Imagine your computer and
your Internet Explorer, and there's many,
many tabs, right? Ultimately, you're multitasking. But when you switching
from one task to another to
another to another, what that means is you're stopping one project
and going to another. And that transition
sometimes takes a long time for you to get into the zone of the next
tab or the next task. So yes, you can
have multiple tabs. I I've done it myself. Sometimes I still have to do it even though
I don't like to. But when you have so many tabs, your focus on one
project diminishes, means the quality goes down, which means when your
monitor tasking, friend or colleague or partner is outperforming you on
that specific thing. That's a meat is alone. The reason why I will always choose Mano tasking
for my deep work, for the big projects, the things that really
mattered the most to me. Because yes, we can drive
our car and we can listen to music and we could drink
a coffee and maybe we can even make a
phone call or a text. But what you're doing is
you're stepping away from the project that's the most important and you just
splitting up your time. One will go down
more than the other. I don't want you to learn
the hard way like I did when I was once
driving and texting, thinking that I could just
get two words I like, I'll be right there. And I rear ended the
car in front of me. Luckily, everyone was safe, everyone was healthy,
no one was hurt, but it was a shock that made me realize that I'm not
good at multitasking. And according to
the statistics will just share more about
the science in here. 98% of us are really not
good at multitasking. We just think we are because
we're trying it often. Normally the projects that
are most important like driving the quality diminishes
and then things happen. So how about we get
into monetary asking, how about we learn about the
small tricks and tips and secrets that I've learned
that I hope that you could take with you
in the next videos.
3. The Science: Let's get into the science. If you're already
sold on the monitor tasking idea at MIT, they made sure that they conducted research
says prove that, Hey, Mano tasking, it
really does help because multi-tasking
it equals mush. When I heard this, I said, Hey, don't beat up all the
multitaskers and call them mush. What they were just trying
to say is that people who were Mano tasking,
were outperforming. They were showing more quality. And the multitaskers eventually because there were
getting dopamine, because you got a checklist and I understand those
to-do lists too, by the way, you're getting
this hit of dopamine. But what happens is your
dopamine is going up, but your quality
work is going down, which ultimately is mush. That's where the
multitasking equals mush. And that Stanford,
they actually perform. Another research has showed that all the people who are
monetizing check this out. They had higher focus. They were focused more. Memory was incredibly better. And the third thing
was they were able to transition from one
task to another, which supposedly multitaskers
say they're good at. The mono task is
are actually better at multitasking than
the multitaskers. Why? Because they know how
to focus the project, transition to the next one. This is the science
I'm going to share more through stories today. But again, this is what helps me and I really believe it can help you to let us get into it.
4. Your environment matters: Have you ever heard of
the phrase nature versus nurture will right
now in this video we're gonna go over
the nurture part because your environment, what you nurture around
you will be ultimately how you monitor task or you multitask and how your quality
of work will turn out. Let's get into it. Your desk. If your desk look
anything like mine had pens, pencils, notebooks, and memorabilia,
souvenirs, things that I had did not meet on my
desk but were there. And they helped me remember
great times when I went to Brazil without vacation that you just can't
ever forget about. Or the pen, the pen I
stole from that hotel. Guys. I understand we need a pen and sometimes I
memorabilia and that pitcher really helped us to maybe find some ground to be balanced. But the more things on our desk, the more our attention is
focused on those little things. And I know it's
all subconscious, but it does play a role. So the nurturing aspect here
of our environment is vital. I kindly ask you to evaluate
what do I need on my desk, in my keyboard and my
laptop or my computer? I need that notebook, Francesca, you cannot take
away that notebook. But the other things
that our heartwarming, maybe we can clean it off those wires that
we're not using. Maybe we can shove
them somewhere. How about anything that is not relevant to your
project? Delete it. I know maybe
Deleting sounds like that's a lot of locked delete. But it's going to help you
monitor task more because those slither of a second that makes you think of something else takes
you out of your zone. Another thing about environment
is who's around you? How about your neighbors? Are there, but they couldn't day interrupting your
thought process. Maybe you have to put headphones on so you can
listen to something to avoid them interrupting
your thoughts. Well then you may
be thinking, am I multitasking by
listening to music? If the music is not
interrupting you, but putting you in a flow. I highly recommend using music because you can't
avoid your neighbors. Or if you're in a coffee
shop and you hear other people or the
dogs barking outside, whatever the noise is, you can't always delete it. But sometimes music can actually trigger you
to go into the zone. For example, I listened
to Adobe TO Einaudi. He has an album
called Unum Latina. Every time this first
song of the album place, I already start to go
in the zone because that's my zone. Music. Music can play a role
in going into the zone. It's just a
recommendation to block out anything outside so
you can go more within. Another thing I want to
recommend is your desktop. Whatever you're using,
your phone or your desktop or your laptop,
whatever it is. If you have a lot going on, Let's say you have
a 100 tabs open. Well, the more apps in the
more tabs you have open, sometimes your computer, your laptop goes
a little slower. And it's the same
idea with focusing. You're not focusing as quickly as you can
because of that, I highly recommend making sure that if you're using an app, Napal product, I
would always say have less apps open
at the bottom. This is just my recommendation. I don't know what
your work entails, but less is more because now you're only focusing on that Word document if
you're writing a book, or you're focusing on the YouTube channel
and you only have that Final Cut Pro
open, whatever it is. You have more open, you have more to share
your top process. Less is more. And that's just a
recommendation, I would say. The third thing is put your
phone in airplane mode. I know that's hard for
some because well, what if my wife
my wife needs me? What if my partner needs to be? What if the kids are sick? What if something happens? I get it. But your nature, you're nurtured environment
is your choice. So I really recommend trying
it out or having a backup, maybe putting your phone in, do not disturb and only the
people who can and you want to interrupt that they need to are the ones who could allow, allowed to interrupt you. This is the environmental
part of it, all, the nurture part of it all. I hope this helps you, let me know and also
what are you doing that helps your
environmental energy, whether it's cleaning your desk or making sure you're
in a quiet area, putting headphones on
what your favorite tunes, whatever it is
implemented because it works for you and also share it because maybe it works
for other people here. See you in the next video.
5. Pomodoro Technique: The biggest tip I want to share
with you today is tomato. Tomato, tomato. Probably thinking for Tesco. What are you talking about? Listen, I'm Italian,
so we love tomatoes. There's a technique
I want to show it to you that is related to tomatoes. In Italian, tomato is Pomodoro. Have you ever heard of
the Pomodoro Technique? The Pomodoro technique, if
you haven't heard of it, has been widely used
and it's been really, really something that I
really love LMS course. That's how much I love it. Pomodoro technique
basically says, put your timer on for 25
minutes or 15 minutes. Maximum 90 minutes. Because after 90 minutes you should be going into
a different zone. But hey, this is your time, your space. 25 minutes. You put the timer on. In those 25 minutes, you're basically
racing against time, pushing all multitasking
out, going into the zone. Let me give you an example. You have a to-do list.
On the to-do list. It says, hey, you have this e-mail to respond to
close that contract out. Or hey, I need to do this task. It requires probably 20 minutes, but let's say 15 minutes. You're giving yourself
25 minutes to do that. Now you're racing against
time in a good way. If you do something that's, let's say a 15-minute tasks and you give yourself that
ten minute buffer time, then you could break the rewards
of enjoying the process. I know for a fact
when I say something, usually it takes ten
minutes or 15 minutes, it always takes longer. So I liked that buffer time. Let us go back to tomatoes. Okay, Pomodoro technique. You can download apps or you
could just get an old clock. I know it sounds outdated. But if your phone
on airplane mode, Francesco, this is what's
going to work, right? Get that clock,
whatever that is. Make sure you put
the timer on for 25 minutes or 15
minutes or 70 minutes. But remember trying not
to go over 90 minutes. This is just highly recommended
from different research. They just clearly
states that you want to give yourself a break
and then go back. Look at it is a sprinter who needs a break before
he does his next sprint. That's the mentality,
but this again, this is your time, your space. Now you have the
timer for 25 minutes. You have the task. What I normally like
to do is I like to write down that task and
a piece of paper and say, make video, which is
what I'm doing now. And I know it sounds ridiculous, but this is all I'm doing. I'm not doing anything else. Make video videos being made. I'm in the zone, timers on. Boom, boom, shake the room. I got myself a video. Nothing else interrupted it. Higher-quality. If our right now, rather, if I were to be cooking
or taken care of my son or to be doing something else at the same time in the zone when the zebras in
the zone leave them alone. Another thing I want to highly
recommend is at the end of year 25 minutes
or 15 minutes or 70 minutes with your phone
on airplane mode and you using maybe an old
phone or an old alarm. Take a break. The Pomodoro Technique always recommends a five-minute break. You can actually download
the Pomodoro app. But again, you do not meet to that five-minute break is for
you to just this Connect. You can recharge your battery,
your focus batteries. And then after five minutes, the alarm goes off again, and then you go
back into the zone. Same idea. Whatever the project
is, make video, right? Email, cook, lunch. Be with my family as
ridiculous as it sounds. Our families getting a portion of us and not the
full version of us. I'm speaking for myself, but I have a feeling
you may resonate. And when we're
with our children, are with our best friends
or when we're with our loved ones and we're basically on our phones or
thinking about something else, or trying to multitask, which is acceptable
nowadays, which is fine. We're basically only getting
a portion of ourselves. And my goal in this course, my intention is not only to have higher-quality work and so you can be more productive, but how do we give our true selves to the
people that we truly admire? So then it can be
a true connection. Through that next video, I'm gonna be going
over another tip.
6. Non-Negotiable: Now you have your environment. The nurturing part,
all set up perfect. Plus you have the
Pomodoro Technique. You've got your tomatoes ready, the 25 minutes, your focus. So the 50 minutes and your focus with a little five-minute
break in-between. The next one. This is non negotiable. If you know me personally, you know, I use this very often. There are things
that are negotiable. Can make lunch tomorrow, and then you can make
dinner on Friday. We can negotiate on some things. But in those 25 minutes, in those 50 minutes, those 70 minutes,
whatever time slot you focus on, non-negotiable. So sharing that with
your community is valuable because they know they cannot interrupt
you because like, Hey, this is a non-negotiable,
you know, that very important
interview or meeting or conversation I'm supposed
to have with that person. That's a non-negotiable
that we can interrupt on. That's the same idea with these time slots that you
dedicate to your day. Now I know may seem ridiculous, but I'm going to hit you
with some hard words. If it's not negotiable, then you're highly
going to relapse. How do I know this? Well, for four months, after not having this
as a non-negotiable, will make sure that
the baby is okay. And I had to make sure that I had to go through
out the garbage. And there were so many,
what I call now excuses. But at the time,
really logical reasons why it couldn't not
yeah, I couldn't focus. Ladies and gentlemen,
It's a non-negotiable. And in order for me to produce good content and pretty share my heart and to do what I love, I need to focus in
that very moment. This is hours of preparation
to share in this course. But if I were to do this on
a whim, you can feel it. You could tell. Point I'm trying to make
is sharing community. And also when you
step into that zone, whatever that zone
is in your office or whatever your project is, whatever your goal is to focus and concentrate even athletes, me to get into their
zone, their office. And that's a non-negotiable
I need to get into the zone. Have that written contract within some people like
to even just write it out like I'm getting
into the zone when the zebras and his
own leave them alone. And same idea. Tell your family, tell
everyone like Listen, I really need to focus
and it's not negotiable, it's not something
that can negotiate. I know works for me. I
hope it works for you. And those small chunks of time are not going to take away. Let's say the garbage,
you can still do that later on and
if I'm in a break, but let people know that those small chunk of times
are so important to you. And eventually it'll
be important to them. Take this with you, run with it. In the next video, the last tip.
7. Just Breathe!: Last tip I want to share
with you is to just breathe. I mean, you've been
doing it a really long time and you've been doing
a really good job at it. I must say, you may be
thinking, it's ridiculous. How can I focus by
just breathing? Isn't focusing on my breathing. Also multitasking. And maybe it is. But what I've learned from elites throughout my years and also being an
athlete myself, and also someone who gets
distracted very easily. What I noticed is when
people breathe and get into with themselves,
something magical happens. It starts with the
letter F and it's not a curse word. It's flow. Flow states. All those environmental factors are not going to
distract you anymore. You already have your timer. It's a non-negotiable. And now through our breath, we're able to just
get more within the reason I'm
saying this because sometimes we get distracted
by our own thoughts. If we focus on our breath and making sure we have
a nice long exhale. Now this isn't a breath class. I could teach that in another
class, but the focus is, how do I make sure
that my breathing is aligned with my feelings and
not taking my thoughts away. If your thoughts are the
biggest distractions, which happens to
me, I'll admit it. I focus on my breath. I know I still have 20
minutes left. I go within. I do three seconds
or four seconds in. Then a really
extended long exhale. Relax. Same thing in. Then relax. I'd like to give you an example. Great superstar soccer player or a football player, Ronaldo. He's actually, I believe
MSU is better than him, but I'm just going
to give an example. If you've ever seen him taking
a penalty or a free kick. This unique handout gesture. And what he's doing is he's getting in
tune with his breath, which means it's getting
tuned with his heart rate, which means he's getting into the flow state when he makes his incredible
shots and being the man who has the
most goals ever the world and the history
of soccer or football. This man has proven that he knows how to
get into the zone. And we are always in control if we know how to get back in tune
with that breath. That final tip I hope
you take with you because it's not only great
for getting into the flow, or for projects or for athletes. It's also good for when
we're stressed or when we're having a tough moment, when we're in fight or flight. How do we go from fight-or-flight
to rest and digest? All to the breath. Long, long exhales. And just understand that
I'm really rooting for you. In the next video, I'm
just gonna do a wrap up and share one little
secret with you all.
8. Progress & Purpose: You've joined me on
this course. I can't. Thank you enough. I hope you've really truly see how monetary masking versus multitasking just
outperforms in many ways. You get into the zone, you have higher-quality work, become better partners, better
friends, better listeners. I'd like to share a
secret with you. All. The secret is hard
for me to share, but I know it might
be a value to you. Before this course it
was even developed. I was going to restate. It could be honest,
I think I was going through a
state of depression. Why? Well, because I didn't
have any productivity, I didn't have any progress, I didn't have any purpose. When I started to
write this out, I realized that I felt more meaning when I would start
and then get interrupted. I realized it took him maybe
an hour or a day later. Oh boy, I'm feeling bad again. I'm feeling this
sluggish feeling again. But once I went into
monetary asking, once I said this is
what I'm dedicated to, this is my 25 minutes to focus on the monitor
tasking course. I started seeing progress. I started seeing purpose. When there's progress. Combined with purpose. All dedicated to
just all because of the 25 minutes or
15 minutes slots. I want to tell people why
don't we do this more? I'm not saying multitasking
is bad and I'm not saying that we shouldn't
be sad or depressed, that we shouldn't go
down those routes. What I'm saying is,
how do we bounce back? This is a tool to bounce
back, cleaning our desk, going to a library, or go into a cafe with our backs turn and go into the zone
with some headphones. Whatever it is, whatever way it is for you to get
instead of Mano tasking. Remember, if you
have 25 minutes, if you have those 50 minutes, dedicate them to one thing. Move forward. It just takes one step at
a time to run a marathon. It just takes 1 second
out of time to focus on your goal and then
eventually attain it. Listen, I hope my vulnerability,
I hold my stories. I hope the science has
proven this enough. And now I want you to
do something for me. I'm going to ask you kindly if you could help me
in the next video. Thank you.
9. Course project: Hey, I need your help. Please, please help me. This is the final
video where I'm asking you for help with
the course project. Helped me help you. And this is simple. What do you clean
your desk and now you have more of a
focus on your desk. Take a picture and put it
in the course project. What do you got an old timers, you could put your
phone in airplane mode, take a picture of it and put
it in the course project. Whether you deleted a
lot of apps are made your home screen on your
phone into just a few apps. Go ahead and send it over to me. What do you finish the
project or to-do list, then you have all those
green checkmarks. Take a picture and send it
over here, screenshot it. I need your help. Why? Because I don't want
this just to be a course where you
got a couple of tips and you are going
to forget about it. I want you to also invest
in this community. And also remember that
you do have the power. You did it before you
could do it again. And I always have to
remember that too. If I did it before I
could do it again. Just like I was real
vulnerable in the last video. That can relapse because I
made it into a negotiable. I don't have to do this
25 minutes or 15 minutes. You deserve it. I want to leave you
off with a quote. Please take this with you. If you don't value your time, you don't value yourself. Start valuing your time, value yourself and
make the progress and the purpose that you deserve
in this world needs to see. Thank you for
joining this course. I really, really appreciate you join me on my other
courses if you'd like. Take care, and stay productive.
Francesco Samarelli, TEDx Speaker | Author | Father
