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The Focus

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Singular focus. Clearly something of value. While I (along with many of you, I suspect) fancy myself as a multitasker (and few would argue with this self-distinction), I also find that while some tasks truly do require and benefit from multitasking, many do not. The key, it seems, is figuring out when to turn off the multitasking behaviour you’ve gotten so very proficient employing. Multitasking started for me in college. It really wasn’t something I wanted to do, but really something I had to. It turned out that college is a busy place. Not only is it a place where … Continue reading →

Week in Review for March 31 – April 6

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Hello, and welcome to the Week in Review for March 31 – April 6. This is our way of catching you up on any blogs you may have missed in the past week! I know I for one am glad to be blogging and posting–back in the swing of things. I missed blogging while Families was in transition. It feels good to be back. 🙂 Here’s a review of the happenings on the Jobs blog–if you have any feedback or comments, feel free to either leave a comment below or get in touch with me at Hava L {at} Families … Continue reading →

Two Top 10 Lists for Multitasking

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No, I’m not asking you to multitask by reading both lists at the same time. As I said earlier today, multitasking only works when you do one thing that requires your brain and one thing that requires your direct physical involvement at a time. If you do more than one of either, all tasks will suffer. It has been scientifically proven that you cannot speak and listen at the same time, because as amazing as our brain is, it has limitations on how much it can do at the same time: Mainly, it can only do one thing. Sad but … Continue reading →

Yes, Multitasking can be a Good Thing (in the Right Situation)

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After I finished writing my last blog about multitasking, I headed off to the shower to get cleaned up for the day. As I showered, I realized that I made the fatal mistake of lumping all multitasking into one big pile, which isn’t right. First off, multitasking lends itself quite well to mundane tasks that do not require any brainpower to complete. As some of you know, I am LDS, which means twice a year I get to stay home for the weekend (woot!) and listen to talks given by the head people in the Church via the radio, Internet, … Continue reading →