tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post1750705544044386715..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Down with MultitaskingStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-26810790071933610002010-11-04T09:04:40.201-07:002010-11-04T09:04:40.201-07:00TO: All
RE: A 'Graphic' Example....
....o...TO: All<br />RE: A 'Graphic' Example....<br /><br />....of Target Fixation, i.e., failure to multi-task.<br /><br />Ever see that movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120815/" title="Saving Private Ryan" rel="nofollow"><b>Saving Private Ryan</b></a>?<br /><br />Remember the scene from the final battle for the bridge where the Americans just killed a Tiger tank by immobilizing it and then throwing grenades down the tank commander's hatch to kill the crew?<br /><br />There are about four paratroopers standing around on the tank, gloating over their victory. Meanwhile, off in a side street, the SS troops have drawn up a 20-mm automatic cannon.<br /><br />The paratroopers, all 'focused' on their tank prize don't see it and IT turns them all into so much freshly ground meat.<br /><br />That's 'focus' on the battlefield for you.<br /><br />What's my point? That focus has it's place, in programming, while dividing the Law of the Land, in surgery, etc. But not EVERYWHERE. Especially in fields involving 'conflict', e.g., football, soccer, basketball, combat.<br /><br />Hope that helps.<br /><br />Regards.<br /><br />Chuck(le)<br />[Shoot. Move. Communicate. -- Army Credo for Combat]<br /><br />P.S. And do it all at once, as moving targets are harder to hit.Chuck Peltohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407516830005550495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-84528097616640107012010-11-03T13:48:12.951-07:002010-11-03T13:48:12.951-07:00TO: Dr. Schneiderman
RE: I Have No Doubt....
As t...TO: Dr. Schneiderman<br />RE: I Have No Doubt....<br /><br /><i>As the paper says: "Descriptive evidence suggests that judges<br />who keep fewer trials active and wait to close the open ones before starting new ones, dispose<br />more rapidly of a larger number of cases per unit of time. In this way, their backlog remains<br />low even though they receive the same workload as other judges who juggle more trials at<br />any given time."</i> -- Stuart Schneiderman<br /><br />....that such is the case. As I stated earlier, focus is a good think when it comes to mental gymnastics. It has its place....in the computer industry as well as courts of law. BUT there are places where such 'focus' can get you—and possibly others—'killed'. In a very final manner.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Chuck(le)<br />[If you can't do five things at once, we can't use you here. -- G3 (Ops) 4ID(M), a.k.a. Director TAC]<br /><br />P.S. I was his deputy. If he wasn't around, I was supposed the CG's hand while he 'operated'.....<br /><br />As I told the officer who was relieving me, when he asked, "Is it ALWAYS like THIS?"<br /><br />I replied, "It doesn't get any BETTER than THIS." [Note: Taken from a popular Old Milwaukee beer commercial from the mid-80s.]Chuck Peltohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407516830005550495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-32791394378044096482010-11-03T11:26:05.776-07:002010-11-03T11:26:05.776-07:00The research focuses on the difference between jud...The research focuses on the difference between judges who are working on one trial at a time and judges who are working on several different trials at the same time.<br /><br />As the paper says: "Descriptive evidence suggests that judges<br />who keep fewer trials active and wait to close the open ones before starting new ones, dispose<br />more rapidly of a larger number of cases per unit of time. In this way, their backlog remains<br />low even though they receive the same workload as other judges who juggle more trials at<br />any given time."<br /><br />I will leave it to others to find the correct military analogy, but it is certainly true that a judge working on one case is engaging in a number of different activities as part of his work.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-47413203833900961732010-11-03T10:45:01.857-07:002010-11-03T10:45:01.857-07:00TO: Dr. Schneiderman, et al.
RE: Multi-Tasking.......TO: Dr. Schneiderman, et al.<br />RE: Multi-Tasking....<br /><br /><i>Do you work more effectively when you are focused on one project or when you are working on several projects at once?</i> -- Stuart Schneiderman<br /><br />....has its place.<br /><br />When writing computer code or dealing with a balky server, I prefer to stay focused....until I have to 'come up for air'.<br /><br />When working the 4ID(M) TAC....where pandemonium reigns....multi-tasking is essential if you want to stay alive and win the air-land battle. On the field of battle, 'target fixation', i.e., staying totally focused on one thing, is deadly....to them that are so focused they lose track of someone targeting THEM.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Chuck(le)<br />[If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, AND running. -- Marine Corps Rules for Gunfighting]Chuck Peltohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407516830005550495noreply@blogger.com