Careful about those &quot;quick tasks&quot;, you might die a death from thousand cuts. If you&#x27;re doing something that takes time and concentration, it takes effort to context-switch your brain away from it, do the &quot;quick task&quot;, and then context-switch back. If you keep getting distracted from the &quot;big task&quot;, chances are that you will start making mistakes, or just do it badly. It&#x27;s better to defer these &quot;quick tasks&quot;, and then do them all at once - thus minimizing the context-switching from and to your &quot;big task&quot;.<p>Just tell people that you&#x27;ll get on their task &quot;[in an hour&#x2F;later today&#x2F;today until lunch&#x2F;...]&quot;, AND THEN REALLY DO IT, like an adult, responsible person. No touchy-feely patronizing nonsense about forgetting the tasks you defer, we&#x27;re not schoolchildren.