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Feb.04.2013 Multi-tasking, Focus, and Other Stuff I just had a conversation with a sales manager at my last seminar. The gist of it is this: he has so many competing responsibilities; it is difficult to spend time with his sales team. Sound familiar? It should. I have heard that idea expressed countless times by...	Jun.14.2012 Sound Bites and Scrollbars As a writer and an avid reader, I often hear people say, “I never have time to read a book”. Odd since most of us try to manage our lives in a manner that saves time. If while reading this you are also listening to music while texting a friend as you play a computer game then you are...
Nov.29.2010 The Writer Unblocked For the last six weeks, for a variety of reasons (travel, illness, holiday) I've been off the grid, as it were. For two solid weeks of that time I had no internet access (or interest) at all. I'm fascinated to find that the respite from constant input, and from the multitasking which seems to be...	Sep.13.2010 Are you addicted to busyness? Normally when I go jogging, which I sort of hate, I’m tuned in to an iPod or something else that takes my mind off the fact that I’m bored, out of shape, getting older, and would rather be doing just about anything else. And even though I still refuse to go to a gym, I recognized myself...
Jul.14.2010 Fractal Thinking: A Writer’s Strange Thought Process When I see something of interest in the world, I often replicate it in my imagination so that I can analyze it later. This happens a lot and so quickly I don't think about it, though it's there in my subconscious. The other day I was waiting for the morning train, drinking coffee, finishing a...	May.06.2010 On Time Perception and Priorities NOTE: I first penned this article in 2005. However, I was thinking about this subject today and decided it might be nice to share it with those who may also be Polychrons AND who are also writers. Might make them feel better about why they approach things differently than some others...
Oct.18.2009 Multitasking and Writing A recent study found that media multitaskers are actually less productive than they think. Not only that, "heavy multitaskers" have trouble tuning out distractions and switching tasks compared with those who multitask less. And there's evidence that multitasking may weaken cognitive...