Apparently we all need to be jugglers sooner or later. I do not intend to write about juggling with balls, but about juggling with roles in our lives.

juggle
v. jug·gled, jug·gling, jug·gles
v.tr.
1. To keep (two or more objects) in the air at one time by alternately tossing and catching them.
2. To have difficulty holding; balance insecurely: juggled the ball but finally caught it; shook hands while juggling a cookie and a teacup.
3. To keep (more than two activities, for example) in motion or progress at one time: managed to juggle a full-time job and homemaking.
4. To manipulate in order to deceive: juggle figures in a ledger.

v.intr.
1. To juggle objects or perform other tricks of manual dexterity.
2. To make rapid motions or manipulations: juggled with the controls on the television to improve the picture.
3. To use trickery; practice deception.

n.
1. The act of juggling.
2. Trickery for a dishonest end.

It appears that in this fast paced world, we all need to juggle with roles and their corresponding tasks and responsibilities in order to survive and break away from the pack. But juggling with roles is not (always) the right way to go. Most of the time, changing roles quickly and performing several different tasks in a short period of time causes a loss of focus and context. The more involved in the details of a project one is, the truer this gets.
From my point of view quick role changing of a single person causes amateurism as every role is more or less a part-time hobby. On the other hand, juggling is great for big picture viewers and planners – they need to have a basic grip on all the pieces of the final mosaic. But from then on, one should leave some things to professionals in a specific field.