Bigg Successgoing to the bathroom | Bigg Success http://biggsuccess.com Life On Your Own Terms Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:00:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2006-2011 bigginfo@biggsuccess.com (Bigg Success) bigginfo@biggsuccess.com (Bigg Success) posts 1440 Life On Your Own Terms Bigg Success Bigg Success bigginfo@biggsuccess.com No no http://biggsuccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Showlogo-144_144.jpg Bigg Success http://biggsuccess.com 144 144 Bad Examples of Multi-tasking http://biggsuccess.com/2009/01/27/bad-examples-of-multi-tasking/ http://biggsuccess.com/2009/01/27/bad-examples-of-multi-tasking/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:00:08 +0000 George Krueger & Mary-Lynn Foster http://biggsuccess.com/?p=1538 texting

Some things go hand-in-hand. Love and marriage. Peanut butter and jelly. Even peanut butter and chocolate.

In an effort to get things done and manage our time, we multi-task. And sometimes we take it to an extreme.

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georgeFor example, is it really necessary to take (or make) a call while going to the bathroom? Yet I’ve seen guys standing at the urinal while talking on their phones. If you make this a practice, do you flush?

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marylynnI was in a store a few days ago. The woman behind the counter was vacuuming while she talked on the phone. I just don’t know how you combine those two tasks effectively.

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Can you walk and text at the same time?

We’ve all heard about texting while driving. Well apparently, there’s been an outbreak in emergency rooms of people who were texting while walking. They’re missing the step off the curb and falling into cracks. And they end up needing medical treatment.

Maybe the old question, “can you walk and chew gum at the same time”, needs to be revised!

Cruise control isn’t automatic pilot!

Unfortunately, this next one is also a true story. A woman purchased a new Winnebago. On her first trip down the road, she set the cruise control in her new motor home. Then she left the driver’s seat and went to the back to make herself a sandwich. Needless to say the vehicle crashed. Winnebago now includes instructions in their owner’s manual to explicitly warn against this form of multi-tasking!

Tossing the salad

Our favorite example, though, is the Seinfeld episode where Kramer installed a garbage disposal in his shower. He loved to shower, but it took up too much time. So he started multi-tasking. Among other things, with the disposal installed, he found he could make dinner while he showered.

Once his dinner guests found out how their dinner had been prepared, they nearly tossed their salad!

What bad multi-tasking examples can you think of? 

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]]> http://biggsuccess.com/2009/01/27/bad-examples-of-multi-tasking/feed/ 0 00:01:01 Some things go hand-in-hand. Love and marriage. Peanut butter and jelly. Even peanut butter and chocolate. In an effort to get things done and ... Some things go hand-in-hand. Love and marriage. Peanut butter and jelly. Even peanut butter and chocolate. In an effort to get things done and manage our time, we multi-task. And sometimes we take it to an extreme. ___ ___ ___ For example, is it really necessary to take (or make) a call while going to the bathroom? Yet I#8217;ve seen guys standing at the urinal while talking on their phones. If you make this a practice, do you flush? ___ ___ I was in a store a few days ago. The woman behind the counter was vacuuming while she talked on the phone. I just don#8217;t know how you combine those two tasks effectively. ___ Can you walk and text at the same time? We#8217;ve all heard about texting while driving. Well apparently, there#8217;s been an outbreak in emergency rooms of people who were texting while walking. They#8217;re missing the step off the curb and falling into cracks. And they end up needing medical treatment. Maybe the old question, #8220;can you walk and chew gum at the same time#8221;, needs to be revised! Cruise control isn#8217;t automatic pilot! Unfortunately, this next one is also a true story. A woman purchased a new Winnebago. On her first trip down the road, she set the cruise control in her new motor home. Then she left the driver#8217;s seat and went to the back to make herself a sandwich. Needless to say the vehicle crashed. Winnebago now includes instructions in their owner#8217;s manual to explicitly warn against this form of multi-tasking! Tossing the salad Our favorite example, though, is the Seinfeld episode where Kramer installed a garbage disposal in his shower. He loved to shower, but it took up too much time. So he started multi-tasking. Among other things, with the disposal installed, he found he could make dinner while he showered. Once his dinner guests found out how their dinner had been prepared, they nearly tossed their salad! What bad multi-tasking examples can you think of?#160; ___ Get the tips and tools you need to be a BIGG success. Subscribe to the Bigg Success Weekly #8211; it#8217;s FREE! ___ Thanks so much for reading our post today. Join us next time when we say #8220;blame, blame go away ...#8221; Until then, here#8217;s to your bigg success! Subscribe to The Bigg Success Show in iTunes.#160; Subscribe to the Bigg Success feed. Direct link to The Bigg Success Show audio file: http://media.libsyn.com/media/biggsuccess/00317-012709.mp3 Related posts Is Your Schedule Overloaded Like A Dishwasher? TMI Is Not So Gr8 (Image by ydhsu,CC 2.0) Balance,,Time,Management bigginfo@biggsuccess.com no No