When asked why, he replied that he had once tried to evaluate one of these exotic securities but found the task immensely time-consuming and horrifically complicated.
While some people may prefer being able to work on one task at a time, we are being forced into a polychronic, multi-task state.
Schedule distraction-free periods on your calendar, during which you can fully attend to one task at a time.
Compared to study participants who did things one task at a time, they were mediocre.
Participants then completed a competitive reaction time task used to measure aggression.
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It's been debated since the early days of smartphones, when devices such as the Treo based on Palm OS could not handle more than one task at a time, while handsets based on the Windows Mobile platform had the capability.
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In traditional math contests, whoever completes the task first in the time frame wins.
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The next time a task arises, ask yourself about the end value and then determine the best approach.
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And yet the rebuilding task Mangurian faces this time around is much greater.
They made absolutely no effort at all to score quickly and leave England with a difficult task of batting out time.
The key takeaway from the above examples is that turning a company around is not an easy task and it takes time.
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England's task in extra-time was made all the harder when substitute Campbell picked up his second booking for a lunging foul on Mikael Lustig.
He was able to focus and multi-task at the same time.
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Treasury officials hint, however, that the task could take some time.
The take away message is that the participants who were more in tune with their heart-beats also tended to perform better at the time estimation task.
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Workforce analytics provides accurate, real-time labor data down to the task and sub-task level and allows organizations to reconcile that time to payroll data for 100 percent job costing.
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Good programs, however, that do customize for these different learning needs and lead to increased student engagement and time on task, should be easier to scale in a digital world as opposed to an analog one.
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Among them: suggesting how many blueprints an engineer should have on his desk, deciding how far to travel to perform an assembly-line task and reducing the time it takes to hire and orient a new employee from 23 to 7 days.
"The biggest thing I learned from this is to choose your teammates wisely, because you have to work with them for six months, and to set progress goals and stick to them in order to complete the task at hand in time to review your work and make necessary changes, " says Smith.
This time, though, the task will be harder because the Republicans have a more impressive organisation than they did last time, in the form of Jeb Bush's office.
Airwash also does away with the expensive, time-consuming task of going to the dry cleaner.
We need to make sure students spend more time on the task of learning.
But Cyprus hit back with three goals after half-time, their task made easy by defensive lapses from free-kicks.
Your primary task is to enroll on time, generally when you turn 65.
An event is a task with a date and time (a deadline) attached.
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The cases were brought by the U.S. Department of Justice's Campaign Financing Task Force and one-time Independent Counsel Ken Starr.
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Their task force is the first time they've collaborated on a project since they began sharing office space in the 1990s.
When rifling through your inventory, picking a lock, or doing any other small time-consuming task, you basically lose temporary control over your character.
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Search has also replaced the time and energy we once used to find resources with the time-consuming task of evaluating all the sources that are out there.
The architects will not discuss what this self-imposed task cost them in additional time, noting only that the Memorial Foundation has been scrupulous in its contractual agreements.
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