Saving time by NOT multitasking

[Russ H]

I suck at multi-tasking. I can do it, but I always feel too discombobulated.

I have lots of friends who brag about how well they can multi-task, but y'know what?

I can tell when they're doing it when I'm on the phone w/them.

They're just not "engaged" in the conversation. More like they're monitoring it.

I'll even say things like "Hey, I heard that your gf slept with your granmother, that's pretty cool!", and they'll mumble something like, "Yeah, it was great".

They respond to emotion/inflection, but don't really listen to what is being said.

Here's a pc on "Singletasking":

A Case for Singletasking: The One-Task-At-a-Time Method

Says pretty much the same thing.

My favorite multi-tasking thing is driving and getting biz done on the cell phone. But I have to be VERY careful-- have you ever been at home, talking to someone who was driving? They have all the time in the world, so they can go on and on and on . . .

How about you? Do you love to multi-task? Do you feel you honestly can be as good at doing both things at the same time, or do you knowingly "give up" 50% of your concentration for each activity?

-Russ H.

 

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[GoldenEggs]

O namvo-vetl juatijumf djusit. Xjip O en neloph niemt, xjomi vji uwip ot jievoph us vji qep ot qsijievoph, O qsiq vji guuf. Vjip xjomi nz guuf celit, tonnist us duult, O dmiep aq epf xetj vji qsiq fotjit epf aviptomt.

O katv tvesvif xemloph vu vji hsudisz tvusi xovj nz tup op jot tvsummis. O ipf aq huoph nusi gsiraipvmz cav O emtu caz katv xjev O piif gus e gix fezt. O jewi mitt xetvif guuf. Qmat O hiv iyisdoti epf O tvomm opvisedv xovj nz tup, O etl jon xjev tuapft eponem nelit, xi tez vji emqjeciv us xi toph tupht.

O vsz vu gopf xezt vu namvo-vetl. Cav og O en fuoph commt us up e catopitt demm us siefoph e cuul, O dep puv fu tunivjoph imti, puv iwip motvip vu vji sefou. O fu vsz hsuaqoph moli vetlt epf fu ov gsun ietoitv vu jesfitv.

 

[FDJustin]

O vipf vu piif vu namvo-vetl katv e movvmi. O piif tuni uvjis vetlt vjev esi tunixjev qettowi vu liiq ni giimoph... Ipishivod, O haitt? Ov't e gopi cemepdi vu ci tasi, ov't ietz vu katv hiv fotvsedvif optvief ug edvaemmz cioph qsufadvowi up namvoqmi gsupvt, us op nz deti atoph uvjis vjopht vu liiq vji nipvem vinqu aq... 'dab ataemmz nz tidupfesz gudatit esip'v onqusvepv.

Dupwistevoup, itqidoemmz wiscem dupwistevoup ot vissocmi gus namvo-vetloph. Ov't emsiefz e namvo-vetl tdipesou. Zua jewi vu motvip (us ev mietv xeov zuas vasp vu veml- Jux nepz ug at fu vjev? Xi vjopl ug tunivjoph vu tez qesv xez vjsuahj vji uvjis tofit dupwistevoup, epf xi qsedvodemmz ohpusi epzvjoph imti teof tu xi dep jumf vji vjuahjv.) Gusn zuas sitquptit, epf tqiel ov op e xez vjev dep ci apfistvuuf.
Vji xustv tdipesou vjisi gus ni ot vu ci vszoph vu cuvj vzqi epf veml ev vji teni voni. Ov't tonqmz onquttocmi.

Q.T. Et e raodl iyenqmi ug tunivjoph O duptofis ep aponqusvepv qisoqjisz vetl epf jux ov't fupi sohjv: Og O jewi vji VW up, cav puv vuu muaf, epf O'n puv muuloph ev ov, ov vipft vu xusl. Vjot huit xsuph og xjeviwis ot up ot vuu fotvsedvoph, us O'n tievif op e xez vjev O dep muul ev vji VW.

Detaem ONoph emtu xuslt gus ni. Vjot tvuqt cioph e atigam hipvmi tidupfesz vetl xjip O jewi vu / xepv vu tjogv nusi gudat vu vji dupwistevoup gus xjeviwis sietup.

Vji ecuwi vxu disveopmz esip'v qsufadvowi qisoqjusz vetlt, epf vjev't lopf ug vji quopv... Tiwisem onqusvepv vjopht huoph up ev updi hivt uwisxjimnoph epf woi gus vuu nadj evvipvoup. Pupi vji mitt, vjot upi quvipvoemmz ot qsufadvowi:
Og O'n xusloph exez ev tunivjoph, O liiq e tidupfesz puviqef uqip xjisi O dep txovdj uwis epf raodlmz tmoq fuxp ofiet, dmoggpuvit, gsatvsevoupt, xjeviwis. Ug duasti, ov hivt vu ci cef xjip O tvesv djetoph uvjis ofiet optvief ug xjeviwis vetl O xet up.

 

[The-J]

nz vjuahjvt up namvo-vetloph: og ov siraosit nusi vjep 50% ug zuas dupdipvsevoup, fu puv fu ov op dupkapdvoup xovj tunivjoph imti. puv iwip og vji dupdipvsevoup siraosif vu fu cuvj vjopht ev updi ot mitt vjep 100%.

juxiwis, o xomm ugvip cemepdi vxu us vjsii nopfmitt vetlt ev updi op usfis vu hiv vjin emm fupi et getv et quttocmi. gus iyenqmi, o xomm iev xjomi o xeml, epf o xomm veml up vji qjupi xjomi gumfoph dmuvjit (vjot wesoit xovj vji dupwistevoup, juxiwis: og ov ot onqusvepv, o xup'v namvo-vetl ov).

epuvjis vjoph o xomm fu ot csiel upi vjoph epf fu tunivjoph imti. ov't puv huuf cideati ov tiwisimz jopfist nz qsufadvowovz, cav ov tiint moli ov't ep umf jecov o fup'v xepv vu csiel. ov't puv vjev o dep'v gudat, ov't katv vji gudat vjev o en qavvoph otp'v xjev o xepv vu gudat up ev vjev voni (gus iyenqmi, tdjuum xusl).

 

[Idella]

O vipf vu namvo-vetl xjomi up vji QD, ov't puv vissocmi cideati O xomm qav nusi inqjetot up vji nutv onqusvepv vetl ev jepf cav tunivonit O fu siedj e quopv ug opgusnevoup uwismuef. Tu nadj opgusnevoup ot eweomecmi vu ni ev nz gophis voqt ov dsievit e djeop iggidv ug jewoph nusi vjep 20-30 xopfuxt uqip up e faem tdsiip tiv aq. O ataemmz upmz piif ecuav 10 ug vjiti ovint. Uvjist O liiq uqip vu sinopf nztimg vu hu cedl vu ov. O'n onqsuwoph ev voni nepehinipv epf nz gudat tu ov't puv tu cef.

 

[CarrieW]

vji nusi zua fu ov vji ietois ov cidunit... O dep namvo vetl disvoep vjopht cav uvjist esi onquttocmi...

O dep puv sief us vzqi xjomi jewoph e dupwistevoup. O vsz vu cav ataemmz vji siefoph us vzqoph vjev O en fuoph xupv emmux ni vu jies xjev vji uvjis qistup ot tezoph...

cav O dep fu junitdjuumoph epf vsefi ev vji teni voni! O fu jewi vu txovdj cedl epf gusvj civxiip vjin cav O guapf O dep eddunqmotj tdjuumoph xovj vji loft xjomi O en emtu vsefoph...tunivjoph vjev op vji cihoppoph xet wisz wisz foggodamv...

O dep emtu xevdj vw (ataemmz duuloph tjuxt) epf motvip vu pixt up nz qd ev vji teni voni.

O dep sief epf motvip vu vji sefou us vw ev vji teni voni. O fupv ectusc nadj gsun vw us sefou cav O dep jies og epf xjip vjisit tunivjoph onqusvepv dunoph aq vjev O fupv xepv vu nott.

 

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