Multitasking - We're All Guilty

As I sit here writing this blawg entry, I have my iPod playing some JT (yes, career advisers listen to him too), my work email is pinging, I'm sipping my coffee, answering the phone, and I've been reading Twitter feeds. This Harvard Business Review article points out why multitasking decreases the quality of what you are producing. Makes an old fashioned "To Do" list an effective tool to help me prioritize and focus on work with singularity. And reinforces why I turn off my email when I am in meetings or working on projects with deadlines.