Word: multitasking
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...permanent employees. "I'm the one who answers every one of my e-mails," she says. (Usually with a terse yes, no or "done.") When she hires people to work on a project, she insists they clear their schedules of other jobs: "I'm not saying they can't multitask, just not on my time," she explains. "The people who multitask, I think, do everything to mediocrity at best. While they are getting a lot done, they are getting it done in such an inefficient way that they usually have to do it again." Orman says she never misses...
...White, a mother of three and the first woman to head a major city fire department [in San Francisco], told me she actually thinks mothers have an edge as fire fighters, since there is a lot of coping with uncertain and hectic schedules, distractions, changes in plans, need to multitask and care for people. She also sees a clear spillover in her strengthened ability to multitask, from home to office. I've talked to grocery clerks and software executives who say the same thing...
...against the social lifestyle. But an active social life and a reflective mental life are not mutually exclusive. The problem is not only that we’re rarely alone. It’s also that when we are alone, we tend to multitask our lives into insignificance. For example, no one would go to the opera and bring a book to read during the performance. Even if your mind wanders, you are expected to direct your full attention to the action. Why don’t we commit the same level of attention to recorded music, or food? Seems...
...shot lefty world leader without knowing how to talk to the people. Or how to multitask. So in between meeting President Bush, negotiating with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and helping run a war, British Prime Minister TONY BLAIR carved out some quality time for that iconic, yellow-hued American family, the Simpsons. In the episode "The Regina Monologues," slated to air next fall, HOMER and his brood take a holiday to England, rear-end the Queen's car and get travel advice from Blair, who recorded his lines one weekend earlier this month in Britain. According to an adorably...
...think ShuttleGirl is an incredibly elegant solution," Delvecchio says of her ability to multitask. "One algorithm does everything...