{"id":3382,"date":"2009-11-11T20:04:01","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T03:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=3382"},"modified":"2024-11-28T09:27:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T16:27:58","slug":"multi-tasking-miseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=3382","title":{"rendered":"multi-tasking miseries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now, where was I?\u00a0 Did I do that already?\u00a0 Oops, I entered those figures twice.\u00a0 Hold on a minute, I need to finish this.\u00a0 Oh, damn, I almost hit that car, didn&#8217;t see him change lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Aren&#8217;t I wonderful, I can do several things at once.\u00a0 What&#8217;s that you say, none of my deliverables are complete?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I didn&#8217;t mean to throw that away and now they&#8217;ve picked up the trash and I have to go out to the dumpster.<\/p>\n<p>How many of these fit situations you&#8217;ve been in, or know of?\u00a0 I bet a lot of them do.\u00a0 These are all from stories told to me by clients and\/or friends.\u00a0 People who pride themselves on multi-tasking&#8230;.. 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