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Russell C. Smith's avatar

Multitasking was never a real thing. It was a smokescreen. Doing three tasks at once? Not possible to do them all well. A perfect illusion for the late 1980s and early 1990s, made popular in offices where people who looked the busiest were looked upon as doing something more important than those who saw no need to fake it.

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Lily Jedynak PhD's avatar

This is a timely post, thank you. So many pearls of wisdom here. ATM I’m having a ‘strategic rest’ and from now on schedule them into my diary, whether it’s a day or a week.

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