Earlier this summer, Craig Chappelow and Jean Brittain Leslie, contributors to The Wall Street Journal, wrote a pretty compelling argument for uni-tasking. In an article focused on keeping your career on course, they mirrored the points made in this month’s issue of The Buzz: 

“Learn to listen. Hearing isn’t the same as listening. Turn away from your email and concentrate on the person talking to you. Don’t be passive. Ask questions to make sure you understand. Stay in the moment and take notes to help you remember key points. Show people you’re really hearing them. Air Force Col. Trent Edwards, Commander of the 28th Mission Support Group at Ellsworth Air Force Base, learned to listen differently in response to feedback from his team and his family. He realized he was using a “war zone” mentality in non-war zone settings. With tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, Edwards describes his previous approach as “very action-oriented. Everything was always go, go, go. Now I try to listen with more patience, with an open ear to try to hear what is being said and also what is not being said.”

via When A Career Veers Off Track – WSJ.com.