About two months ago I wrote an article on multitasking . I remembered it this morning when I ran across this quote from Pablo Picasso (in Andy Hunt's blog ):
" You must always work not just within but below your means. If you can handle three elements, handle only two. If you can handle ten, then handle five. In that way the ones you do handle, you handle with more ease, more mastery and you create a feeling of strength in reserve. "
Is this another case of More (tasks) means Less (results)? I think it is. Barry Schwartz , the author of The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less observed: