Comments on: Multi-tasking is a myth http://lifeupfront.com/2008/04/07/multi-tasking-is-a-myth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=multi-tasking-is-a-myth Getting ahead with CAE, direct modeling, and creative engineering Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jeff Waters http://lifeupfront.com/2008/04/07/multi-tasking-is-a-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Jeff Waters Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:53:33 +0000 http://lifeupfront.com/2008/04/07/multi-tasking-is-a-myth/#comment-621 Yeah, this can be interpreted different ways I guess. I also would prefer to have an A in 10 subjects. I really intended this to be taken on a less philosophical, more mundane level. If you walk in to work and feel like you can't get anything done because you have too many balls in the air, that ain't going to change in a month. You'll still be nervous and feeling behind all the time. To me, this means "pick 1 of the 63 and totally focus on it until it's dead without giving a thought to the other 62." Then, focus on #62 with complete intensity and kill it. Then 61 and so on. Maximum attention on 1 problem, kill it, move to the next, repeat. That's the only way to gain control if you are wearing lots of hats... Yeah, this can be interpreted different ways I guess. I also would prefer to have an A in 10 subjects.

I really intended this to be taken on a less philosophical, more mundane level. If you walk in to work and feel like you can’t get anything done because you have too many balls in the air, that ain’t going to change in a month. You’ll still be nervous and feeling behind all the time.

To me, this means “pick 1 of the 63 and totally focus on it until it’s dead without giving a thought to the other 62.” Then, focus on #62 with complete intensity and kill it. Then 61 and so on.

Maximum attention on 1 problem, kill it, move to the next, repeat.

That’s the only way to gain control if you are wearing lots of hats…

]]> By: Derrek Cooper http://lifeupfront.com/2008/04/07/multi-tasking-is-a-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-620 Derrek Cooper Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:35:16 +0000 http://lifeupfront.com/2008/04/07/multi-tasking-is-a-myth/#comment-620 hmm.. interesting philosophy. Personally, I rather be an A- kind of guy in ten subjects rather than an A+ in 1 and 0's in the rest. hmm.. interesting philosophy. Personally, I rather be an A- kind of guy in ten subjects rather than an A+ in 1 and 0′s in the rest.

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