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I Envy Effective Multitaskers
But what is multitasking, really?
The human brain hates multitasking.
Sure, there are simple activities you can do simultaneously, but studies show that more complex tasks elicit poor results when done concurrently. Seems reasonable.
Folding laundry and listening to a podcast can be done jointly. Or walking and talking to a friend. Any number of daily tasks can be performed together with decent results.
In fact, many of us do two (or more) tasks at once every day, whether we realize it or not.
But what about the challenging things we face?
Learning a new complex skill, building a business, or having a tough conversation with screaming children in the background? These are all quite formidable things to deal with individually, let alone concurrently.
Naturally, the list of challenging things we must deal with depends on the situation you find yourself in. And our performance in one area tends to suffer when we don’t give it the tender, proper attention it deserves.
But there are always outliers.
How is it that some people like Elon Musk, for example, can balance Tesla, SpaceX, and X platform without it all imploding?
