Multitasking: A Gift Or A Curse?
Save Time By Reducing Multitasking
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OK, so we can run on a treadmill, while reading our email . . . and talk on the phone at the same time. And if we see someone—at the edge of our peripheral vision—about to do something dangerous, we can take action. Somehow women evolved with a heightened ability to juggle attention.
As Martha Stewart might ask, “Is this a Good Thing?” My answer is, “Not always.” The American Psychological Association reports that new studies reveal the hidden costs of multitasking. There is a time loss when switching from one task to another, and the amount of time increases with the complexity of the task. If one of those tasks is fairly new, your time loss is much greater when you’re multitasking. See how you can reduce the multitasking time loss.
