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• Multitasking -- how not to get things done

  Posted Sep 08 2008, 05:45 AM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: spending, saving, Get Rich Slowly, employment
  Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money

  This post comes from J.D. Roth at partner blog Get Rich Slowly.

  Multitasking has killed my productivity. At this moment, on this computer, I have:

  • Five open browser windows with a total of 59 open browser tabs.

  • 79 open text documents -- I am not joking.

  • 14 open images (in Photoshop).

  • 55 unread messages in my mailbox (and 48 flagged for response).

  • Three open chat sessions.

  • Seven open word-processing documents.

  • And 10 other open applications.

  That's 227 discrete tasks awaiting my attention. That doesn't count the dozen or so books submitted for review, the eight unread personal-finance magazines, and the pile of papers spilling onto the floor.

  Do you know how many tasks I can focus on at a time?

  Only one.   Read More...

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• Life after school: Advice for new graduates

  Posted May 26 2008, 06:45 AM by Karen Datko
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  Filed under: college, saving, Get Rich Slowly, employment
  Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money

  This post comes from J.D. Roth at partner blog Get Rich Slowly.

  I recently gave my first-ever presentation about personal finance. I spoke to a group of about 70 graduating seniors from a nearby university. I was the fourth and final speaker of the evening. Before I talked about personal finance, the audience listened to three outstanding descriptions of life after college.

  Brian Reick

  The first speaker was Brian Reick, who described his experience of moving from job to job. He began knocking on doors right out of school and eventually found work. But the job wasn't perfect, and neither was he. He was fired after only two years. This experience taught him a couple things:   Read More...

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