It's perfectly okay to not be able to multitask, definitely don't force it if it doesn't work for you XD
Was this book entirely common sense? As it seems less of a book review than rehashing some really basic common sense and basic manners stuff that everyone should know but seems to prefer to ignore in favour of having screaming tantrums.
A lot of the book talks about common sense but these were lessons I needed to relearn. I mean, I know we need not to overwork, have empathy, think long term and all the good stuff, I get those but it's really hard to think about those when presented with a lifestyle that can easily challenge those belief system. Have you ever seen a patient get a wide superficial laceration on an arm and yell at you for help? to my perspective, that laceration isn't going to kill them and yes it causes pain but it's manageable and not a life or death emergency.
But to them, seeing what goes inside their fleshy skin glistening and oozing feels like a mortal wound. I can understand their world view but the opposite can be said true. So you get yelled at and all the mean things in the world get said to you unjustly and you can't do much because it's a surgeon's job to stitch and they ain't around, and there are more patients with a similar problem rushing to you at once. The coffee you drank just kicked in and now it's go time to either raise your voice authoritatively or yield.
The problem with these kinds of common sense is that they usually work in an environment where there isn't an emotionally charged situation which most people do not have to deal with on a daily basis. That being said I still think it's a step up to Carnegie's book and uses Carnegie's lessons with refinement and then added more flavor to those lessons in the pitch.
I'm jumping between accounts~