March 30, 2010

Multi-tasking or Multi-failing?


"The waste of life by trying to do too many things at once is appalling."

Orison Swett Marden
Early 20th century American author


We have little choice but to multi-task, however there are limits.

In this time of needing to get as much done as possible with as few people as possible, how do you decide when too much actually is too much?

3 comments :

  1. How do I decide? We either do or we fail, there is no in-between.

    My employees know this and are just thankful to have a job. There isn't one of them not working at least 10% more than two years ago, for the same and in some cases, less pay.

    And I work at least 70 hours a week earning 20% less than I did working 50 hours a week, 2 or 3 years ago.

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  2. i find that the whole concept of multi-tasking is way overrated.

    Sure, the ability to handle multiple issues at once is appealing but studies show time and time again that the effectiveness in handling those tasks decline as you add more tasks to the mix. in other words, we think we're being effective by doing several things at once but we're in fact diluting our effectiveness.

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  3. Does the ability to multi-task, vary from person to person? In other words, do you find that some are better than others?

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