I'll always be working on five things at once, usually with those documents open at the same time because if I get stuck somewhere I'll jump over to something else. That's how my head has always worked.
I think women have the natural ability to do multi-tasking.
I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term.
I can't really work on more than one thing at a time.
I enjoy multi-tasking, so I want to do a lot of different things. I want to keep all the plates spinning.
Multi-taskers often think they are like gym rats, bulking up their ability to juggle tasks, when in fact they are like alcoholics, degrading their abilities through over-consumption.
Our to-do lists are so full that we can't hope to complete every item on them. So what do we do? We multitask, juggling several things at once, trying to keep up by keeping busy.
The role of my job is I'm always trying to figure out where I need to be. Do I need to be at a college game, at an international game, with the team, at practice, with my coaches, with a few of the players, up in Portland, Maine? I mean, where do I need to be?
Another cause of confusion, and the resulting feelings of nervousness, hurry, and anxiety, is the absurd habit of trying to do many things at one time.
For some reason, juggling things makes everything work better. That's just how we operate. It just makes the other project more of something to look forward to. I think the more you keep things going, the more it helps the other project.
I don't think I can plate-spin, I've turned loads of things down because I just can't get the time to do it.
If I was as relaxed as what I perceived myself to be, I would not be able to multi-task the way I multi-task.
Multitasking is a part of my everyday life.
I tend to take on too many projects at the same time, but as I've always done, I will continue to shift my focus onto whatever feels most urgent in the moment.
I'm fully capable of multitasking certain conceptual concerns within the work.
How can I run an agency at the same time?
Commenting on the time he had to spend testifying before Congress:
I am terrible at doing nothing. I'm not brilliant at doing one thing at a time, either. Ideally, I would fill out my tax return while watching a film; peel potatoes while reading the post; send emails in the bath.
When you multitask, you believe you're being exceptionally productive, but really, you're fooling yourself. Each time you switch tasks, you have to backtrack a little and remind yourself where you are in the process and what's next. Invariably. you are spending twice as much time on parts of the task.
I got off the plane - I was walking and cooking at the same time.
I need to be thinking about a few things at once. I think it actually helps because you're cross-fertilizing yourself.
I like that feeling in your brain when you've got seven things that you're holding in one moment-you heard that person cough, you heard that person laugh, you're also saying your line, you're also listening to the person who's talking to you.
You know, I've got my hands in 30 or 40 different pots simultaneously and so I have a little bit of all of that where I work.
My priority is my son and my husband, and I have a lot of spinning plates, so I try to make sure they're not one of them.
I like to have a few things going on at once. It feels natural.
Once I'm on the phone, I just can't say no. I sometimes find myself doing things for three or four organizations in one day.