You can do anything, but you can’t do everything. Not all at once, at least. Multitasking may not be a as complete fallacy (as some claim), but the typical kinds we think of when somebody talks about it - those kinds are a bad idea.

Working intently on one thing at a time (until you've hit a natural pausing point) is the key to doing high quality, low stress work.

You cannot have a breakthrough on something while thinking about something else. Juggling several tasks at once leads to poor performance on all of them, burnout, and undue stress.


Related Notes

Multichannel Multitasking

Never Multitask

Be Selective