Comments on: Shattering Time Management Myth #12: Multitasking Isn’t a Talent, It’s a Handicap—How to Beat the Disease Once and for All… http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/2009/07/12/shattering-time-management-myth-12-multitasking-isnt-a-talent-its-a-handicap%e2%80%94how-to-beat-the-disease-once-and-for-all%e2%80%a6/ Been lied to lately? Or could you tell--how to master deception, lying, and conversation... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:59:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jef http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/2009/07/12/shattering-time-management-myth-12-multitasking-isnt-a-talent-its-a-handicap%e2%80%94how-to-beat-the-disease-once-and-for-all%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Jef Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:38:09 +0000 http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/?p=1101#comment-165 Good deal, glad to hear it... thanks for your vote Amy! -j Good deal, glad to hear it… thanks for your vote Amy!

-j

]]> By: Amy Shropshire http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/2009/07/12/shattering-time-management-myth-12-multitasking-isnt-a-talent-its-a-handicap%e2%80%94how-to-beat-the-disease-once-and-for-all%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Amy Shropshire Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:27:57 +0000 http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/?p=1101#comment-164 I get the backward thinking comment! LOL! I get the backward thinking comment! LOL!

]]> By: ***jeannie*** http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/2009/07/12/shattering-time-management-myth-12-multitasking-isnt-a-talent-its-a-handicap%e2%80%94how-to-beat-the-disease-once-and-for-all%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-162 ***jeannie*** Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:24:23 +0000 http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/?p=1101#comment-162 Amy, I like what you said: if only I could tell the hiring managers on the interviews I go on that “No, I’m not a good multi-tasker…and I don’t want to be” and get away with it! You can say, have you read Jef Nance's blog? There's no such thing as multi-tasking! That's so 90's. LOL Amy, I like what you said:
if only I could tell the hiring managers on the interviews I go on that “No, I’m not a good multi-tasker…and I don’t want to be” and get away with it!

You can say, have you read Jef Nance’s blog? There’s no such thing as multi-tasking! That’s so 90’s. LOL

]]> By: Jef http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/2009/07/12/shattering-time-management-myth-12-multitasking-isnt-a-talent-its-a-handicap%e2%80%94how-to-beat-the-disease-once-and-for-all%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Jef Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:19:38 +0000 http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/?p=1101#comment-163 Yep, Jeannie, 'escape the task at hand'... we do tend to drop what we're doing for something easier, or more exciting. Great point. Multitasking does sound cool, probably because: 1-Myth has it that it's worthy of noting on a resume, and 2-It's a low form of juggling. And jugglers always drop jaws... who doesn't think those guys are amazing? Great insights, Jeannie, thanks! (PS--Did ANYBODY get my comment about 'backward thinking'? I'm standing by it regardless...) -jef Yep, Jeannie, ‘escape the task at hand’… we do tend to drop what we’re doing for something easier, or more exciting. Great point.

Multitasking does sound cool, probably because: 1-Myth has it that it’s worthy of noting on a resume, and 2-It’s a low form of juggling. And jugglers always drop jaws… who doesn’t think those guys are amazing?

Great insights, Jeannie, thanks!

(PS–Did ANYBODY get my comment about ‘backward thinking’? I’m standing by it regardless…)

-jef

]]> By: ***jeannie*** http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/2009/07/12/shattering-time-management-myth-12-multitasking-isnt-a-talent-its-a-handicap%e2%80%94how-to-beat-the-disease-once-and-for-all%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-161 ***jeannie*** Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:08:51 +0000 http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/?p=1101#comment-161 Hi Jef, here's my favorite: '...There’s another source of distraction that will lure you into the pit of multitasking: Your thoughts.' Yes, this is the killer. Also: wanting to escape the task at hand! Discipline and commitment are so important aren't they? We all have many things to do, and multi-tasking is impossible. I think people use that term just because it sounds 'cool.' It's more like scatter-brain. One thing at a time and yes, bring it to completion. If an employee needs to do several things in a day, it should be broken down into tasks, and each task done separately from the other. One task at a time. For example: 1) attend to emails 2) return phone calls 3) work on project A 4) file 5) attend meeting 6) work on project B etc. Now what do you think about the 'multi-tasking' driver? Driving, while taking a video, or eating a hamburger. OH by the way i did not understand the 'backward thinking out there...' Hi Jef, here’s my favorite: ‘…There’s another source of distraction that will lure you into the pit of multitasking: Your thoughts.’ Yes, this is the killer.

Also: wanting to escape the task at hand!

Discipline and commitment are so important aren’t they?

We all have many things to do, and multi-tasking is impossible. I think people use that term just because it sounds ‘cool.’ It’s more like scatter-brain. One thing at a time and yes, bring it to completion. If an employee needs to do several things in a day, it should be broken down into tasks, and each task done separately from the other. One task at a time. For example:

1) attend to emails
2) return phone calls
3) work on project A
4) file
5) attend meeting
6) work on project B etc.

Now what do you think about the ‘multi-tasking’ driver? Driving, while taking a video, or eating a hamburger.

OH by the way i did not understand the ‘backward thinking out there…’

]]> By: Jef http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/2009/07/12/shattering-time-management-myth-12-multitasking-isnt-a-talent-its-a-handicap%e2%80%94how-to-beat-the-disease-once-and-for-all%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Jef Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:21:12 +0000 http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/?p=1101#comment-160 Yeah, we don't know who came up with this, do we? Nobody running to the mike claiming they're the 'creator of multitasking'. Do managers want to hire 'good multitaskers'? Are they still asking this? You hit on a great point, Amy, hadn't really thought of it quite like this, thanks: An employee says to a shallow-thinking boss, "I'm halfway complete on the Ferguson, Masterson, and Jorgensen projects" will probably be viewed as more productive than the the employee who says, "I'm finished with the Ferguson project, starting tomorrow on the next one." Lots of backward thinking out there, thought to be forward... because the majority think it. (Did that make sense?) Thanks Amy! Yeah, we don’t know who came up with this, do we? Nobody running to the mike claiming they’re the ‘creator of multitasking’.

Do managers want to hire ‘good multitaskers’? Are they still asking this?

You hit on a great point, Amy, hadn’t really thought of it quite like this, thanks: An employee says to a shallow-thinking boss, “I’m halfway complete on the Ferguson, Masterson, and Jorgensen projects” will probably be viewed as more productive than the the employee who says, “I’m finished with the Ferguson project, starting tomorrow on the next one.”

Lots of backward thinking out there, thought to be forward… because the majority think it. (Did that make sense?)

Thanks Amy!

]]> By: Amy Shropshire http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/2009/07/12/shattering-time-management-myth-12-multitasking-isnt-a-talent-its-a-handicap%e2%80%94how-to-beat-the-disease-once-and-for-all%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Amy Shropshire Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:55:57 +0000 http://www.deceptionsecrets.com/?p=1101#comment-159 I've been waiting for this post! =) Not a big surprise but I do better when I can concentrate on one thing at a time. I think that whoever came up with this concept of multi-tasking just needed an excuse to not get anything done to completion. They finished 1/2 of all their projects but not a single one complete! Now if only I could tell the hiring managers on the interviews I go on that "No, I'm not a good multi-tasker...and I don't want to be" and get away with it! I’ve been waiting for this post! =) Not a big surprise but I do better when I can concentrate on one thing at a time. I think that whoever came up with this concept of multi-tasking just needed an excuse to not get anything done to completion. They finished 1/2 of all their projects but not a single one complete! Now if only I could tell the hiring managers on the interviews I go on that “No, I’m not a good multi-tasker…and I don’t want to be” and get away with it!

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