Think The Grass Is Greener Over There?

How multi-tasking wilts your results and relationships

, and how focus can blossom success

Do you multi-task? While many people say they get so much more done in a day doing many things at once, lets take a look at how splitting your focus can impact your results, relationships and overall health and happiness.

For years Ive been teaching how you can empower your conscious and subconscious mind to get the most out of life. There are many ways to impact your life. However, one of the most powerful ways to engage your body and brain is so simple: Focus on one task at a time. Then, your brain can deeply engage and your bodys senses can fully experience your environment, other people and the situation at hand (literally).

Consider exercise on a treadmill. Imagine youre at the gym and a businessman is working out next to you talking on his phone. To your right, a woman is running intensely on her treadmill solely focused on her speed. What can you imagine how their bodies are doing? The mans brain and body must split its focus between talking and walking on the treadmill. The womans brain and body has complete focus for efficient running. The woman can send oxygen to every muscle. The womans brain can fully engage the body as it exercises, storing information for future performance and optimal function. Its likely the mans experience of the exercise will be less satisfying than the womans. For sure their bodies will have different results. The womans performance will most likely increase. The mans will most likely plateau.

Theres an old saying: You get what you give. So, if you invest 40%, it should be no surprise you get only 40% of the result youre seeking.

My children went to the beach with me recently. I teach at the Empowerment Partnership and my wife and I live in Hawaii so we often go to the beach as a family. While there, I notice couples doing other things rather than spending time with each other. Phones, music headsets and food distract many people from simply being with each other. I watch my children as they play with the sand and speak to my wife as we enjoy the sun. I reflect on the complaints Ive heard in my classrooms. Students I teach around the world say they are frustrated with their family members. She doesnt spend enough time with me. Or they complain, He doesnt listen to me. I suggest they consider that its not always a function of time spent together or a lack of listening, but rather multi-tasking edging its way into the experience. What would happen if they hung up the phone? Or, what if they listened to their partners instead of watching the TV? Your body and brain could then experience a deeper connection with the other people around you. In other words, you could fully experience how green your life truly is.

So the next time you think to yourself, The grass is greener over there, pause and ask yourself if youre actually focused on how green the pasture is right in front of you, right now. Are you listening to your family with the phone turned off? When was the last time you had a conversation with your family without the television blaring? When your co-worker talks to you, are you checking your email? Focus and let your brain and body fully engage and fully experience how green your garden is and can be.

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by: Dr. Matthew B. James

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