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Alright -I admit it…
I am a self-proclaimed “multi-tasker.”
Up until yesterday I thought that was a good thing, but as I was watching this amazing PBS Frontline documentary [link located below] with my bb messanger conversation going, my email open (new message half-written) , my twitter account tweeting, and my 2009 tax paperwork spread out on the kitchen table, I realized that I wasn’t doing anything well!
Even my tweet had a type-o.
Ha!
If you are convinced (like I was) that multi-tasking is a good thing, I urge you to take the time to watch this doc.
As it turns out, despite of the fact that we have the ability to diversify our attention (due to the many many technologies out there designed to distract us!) our minds can only engage in one activity at a time, just as human minds have for centuries.
Circus and performance arts generally require lazer-sharp focus on maneuvers, choreographic sequences and so on. This makes sense, especially when your life and well-being “hangs in the balance.” Can you imagine rehearsing circus acts any other way?
So now it’s your turn to look inward: Are you a “multi-tasker?”
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