In today’s world, multitasking is worn like a badge of honor. But I’ve learned it’s often what pulls us away from doing our most meaningful work. When I was flying, I didn’t have the luxury of doing everything at once. At 500 miles an hour, that’s how you make mistakes. So we used something called “task triage”: Aviate. Navigate. Communicate. First, fly the jet. Then find your direction. Then talk about it. Now, out of the cockpit, that framework still saves me. Because when life feels chaotic,