The Secret to Multitasking!
H ow often have you heard people brag about what great multi-taskers they are? You might even consider yourself a great multi-tasker, particularly if you're a Gen Y. When we think we're multitasking we're actually multiswitching. That's what the brain is very good at doing - quickly diverting its attention from one place to the next. We think we're being productive. We are, indeed, being busy. But in reality we're simply giving ourselves extra work. So, what's the secret to multitasking? Research conducted at Stanford University found that multitasking is less productive than doing a single thing at a time. The researchers also found that people who are regularly bombarded with several streams of electronic information cannot pay attention, recall information, or switch from one job to another as well as those who complete one task at a time. Further, researchers at the University of Sussex in the UK compared the amount of time people spend on mu...