Sometimes Too Much, Is Just Too Much

There is a reason that the term multitasking was first coined for computers and not human beings; it's because we can't do it. No matter how much we try to convince ourselves that science is wrong about just you in particular and you can completely split your attention between two tasks and do both well, you are lying to yourself. Any time your mind is not 100% focused on one thing you will not do as well of a job on it. Now sometimes that's okay. But a big role of managing yourself is to know when you should multitask and when you shouldn't. During meetings is not a great time to multitask because it makes you look uninterested and you will miss information that you might think is important but it is. Eating and checking your email at the same time is a great time to multitask because neither require that much concentration or affect other people around you. Lesson 3: Think before you multitask.