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Do What Matters Most
Part of 2/16

Here’s a story from one of the authors a former US air force pilot. He was on a routine training mission and everything seemed just fine. He banked the plane into a 180-degree turn and then an alert from one of the systems in the cockpit caught his attention. As he looked down to work the various switches and buttons another jet unexpectedly crossed his flight path. 
Both planes were tearing through the sky at 1000 mph. They nearly collided missing one another by less than 100 feet.
Later during the debrief both pilots gave the same reason for why they didn’t notice the other jet: they were overwhelmed by activity inside their own cockpits. This is an example of what’s known as task saturation. It happens when a pilot has so much going on that he struggles to process everything the environment throws at him. This can lead to dangerous oversight and it’s a problem in the airspace as well as in the workplace.
The key message here is: Manage your time more effectively by prioritizing