Sometimes my head hurts. Usually it's precipitated by a period of time when I'm in a state of multi-tasking chaos. I come to that state quite naturally. Those of you who know me know that I'm the ...

Have you ever gotten good at the wrong thing? I think it might have happened to me. Yesterday, I read this article about the myth of multitasking -- how what we once thought of as skillful juggling is ...

Between the morning commute, the school run and trying to grab breakfast on the go, it's incredibly tempting to multitask.

For years, I multitasked like a circus juggler on a tightrope. I thought I was getting a lot done till a strange mental fog made me rethink my methods. I experimented with monotasking—focusing on one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You’re reheating your coffee for the third time, half-listening to a conference call and taking inventory of your fridge to see ...