multitasking

A Culture of Dates

In our time-conscious world, we’re used to thinking in terms of dates. What’s my calendar for today? When is the meeting, the doctor’s appointment, the television program? We rush to…
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Look Where You Want to Go

A while ago I completed a motorcycle safety class. There’s an interesting point they make over and over in the class: you should look where you want to go, not…
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The Myth About Multitasking

To make it short: Humans are terrible at multitasking. Yet knowledge workers in Corporate America are being asked to do exactly that. They are expected to stay on top of…
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