Tank McNamara by Bill Hinds for July 22, 2009

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    yyyguy  over 15 years ago

    anyone who thinks they can ā€œmultitaskā€ and serve each task to their best ability is deluded. multitasking only works for computers.

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    McGehee  over 15 years ago

    Only 9? He should get the Spinal Tap phone.

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    Bill Hinds creator over 15 years ago

    Spbbtttttā€“!! Hah! I did a spit-take with my coffee on the Spinal Tap reference.

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    fogey  over 15 years ago

    Agree with yyyguy. ā€˜Multi-taskingā€™ is a management cliche like ā€˜Work smarter, not harderā€™. A response I have used: ā€œHow many jobs have you FINISHED this week/month/year?ā€ (Of course, it helps if you are an old friend of your bossā€™s boss, and have finished many projects.)

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    Rakkav  over 15 years ago

    I donā€™t agree with you, yyyguy and fogey.

    1) Women usually can and do ā€œmultitaskā€ very well, much better than men overall. Ask any good mother. Why, ask any wise child of a good mother. :) (Cf. Proverbs 31.)

    2) Even some men ā€œmultitaskā€ well. Itā€™s how they are wired.

    3) All of our brains are computers in a very sophisticated sense and ā€œmultitaskā€ constantly.

    May I ask you to consider whether your put-down of sound management principles reflects your own strengths and weaknesses rather than the alleged lack of soundness of the principles?

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