When listening to a recent teleclass sponsored by the Institute for Challenging Disorganization, Ari Tuckman, PhsD, MBA stated, “We aren’t as good as we think we are. We need to be honest with ourselves about the attention a task actually takes”.
Yesterday, in a conversation with Kelly Galea as we were discussing some content ideas for her new radio show “Power Up Living”, she stated, “We’re led to believe we should be good at this, but I find I’m more efficient paying attention to one thing at a time.”
Linda left a comment on my blog, “ . . . we believe we can do more things than are reasonable. If it’s in our head we can get it done. That simply not true.”
What are they each referring to? Multitasking!
Each month I’m fortunate enough to be able to write a guest post on Get Organised examining multi-tasking from different perspectives. This month I pose the question, “When is multi-tasking not multi-tasking?”
Please – click through to read the entire article – and leave a comment on the Get Organised site.
I promise, it is worth your time!
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I will definitely be reading the full article! But per UBC rules, I am commenting here first!!! :)
Thanks for leaving a comment, Traci. What did you think of the ideas located on the full post?
Lisa
I’m going over to take a peek now! Although I must say, I’m not a very good multi-tasker :)
Shay –
Nothing “wrong” with not being a “good multi-tasker”! I know I’m not!
Lisa
Multi-tasking is a great thing to hide behind…it would be something Steven Pressman would describe as resistance. Multi-tasking is counter productive. Nothing ever really gets done but boy oh boy do you appear to be busy! I will “pretend” to multi-task if I want certain people to leave me alone. I see this facade all the time at my day job!
Peggy
Good observation “I will pretend to multi-task if I want certain people to leave me alone”. It goes along with not making eye contact if you don’t want to speak to someone! I appreciate the comment – and will looking into Steven Pressman and the idea of resistance.
Lisa
I haven’t found success in multi-tasking. So I prefer to do one task at a time.
ME ALSO!!!!! Thanks for the comment!
Lisa