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Alan Dershowitz

I came from a poor family, so working and going to school at the same time was natural. It taught me multi-tasking, although we didn't call it that back then. I learned I could never be idle, I need to be doing many things at once.

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Growing up in a low-income household, balancing work and education was a normal part of life for Alan Dershowitz, which helped him develop the skill of handling multiple tasks simultaneously. This experience showed him that staying busy and managing several responsibilities at once was necessary, even before the concept of multitasking was widely recognized.

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