Time management and multitasking are opposites of each other. The idea that you, as a human, can concentrate and be effective doing multiple tasks at once is the height of hubris and impossible!
Multitasking is the erroneous thought that you can accomplish two things at once. According to the Mirriam Webster Dictionary, multitasking is:
- the concurrent performance of several jobs by a computer (notice the computer part)
- the performance of multiple tasks at one time
It first showed up in language about 1966 when computer science types found out that machines could do two things at once concurrently. Sigh. This was the start of people saying all chirpy, “I am multitasking”.
In the real world, you can only do one thing at a time effectively.... [READ ARTICLE]
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