I’ve always thought that multitasking was a skill, an art, a way of getting more done in a day…..NOT….. NOT EVEN CLOSE…..the more I read about this supposed halo we all have, the more I think it’s a lie….. pretty tough talk! But it’s starting to make more sense to me as I investigate this phenomenon ….they say you should never stop learning so I want to dispel the myth…. that multitasking is a skill to be honed and treasured especially by the female population. Honestly I don’t think the male species have any idea what it is actually. Sorry guys! Steve Uzzell, renowned inspirational speaker and photographer says: “Multitasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time” “To do two things at once is to do neither” Publilius Syrus (Latin writer 1st Century BC) Even he had it figured out back then. Multitasking has become so mainstream that people actually think it’s become the thing they “should” do, and do as often as possible. More than six million webpages offer answers on how to do it, and career websites list “multitasking” as a skill for employers to target and for job seekers to list as strengths. The truth is…..multitasking is neither efficient nor effective. In this world of results, it will fail you every time. In reality, when you try to do two things at once you either can’t or won’t do either well. If you think multitasking is an effective way to get more done, you’ve got it backward. It’s an effective way to get less done. I could get into the science of the brain…but that’s way too technical for me! People can actually do two or more things at once, such as walk and talk or chew gum and read a map; but like computers, what we can’t focus on two things at once. Our attention bounces back and forth. This is fine for computers, but it has serious ramifications in us humans. We thing we can, so we think we should. Example…..kids studying while texting, listening to music or watching television ( I don’t see how...
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:40:06 +0000
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