Interesting talk on how focusing on LESS will helps do MORE

[JulianTrueFlynn]

18 minute podcast by NPR: The Myth Of Multitasking : NPR

Cliffs:

• You're most likely training your brain to not focus on 1 thing, and you cannot just easily switch back to being a 1 task kind of person.
• They're doing studies and they can't find someone who can do more than 2 tasks correctly without bringing down the performance a lot for both.
• Tweens are doing on average 3-4 things at a time.
• Multitasking ruins your ability to focus, but it is a skill you can train back (hopefully).

Some people already know me as a huge minimalist so I love hearing this kind of stuff. I'm hugely guilty of this (Twitter, Skype, cellphone, The Sopranos.. etc.), but for the last 1-2 months or so I've been really trying to focus on doing 1 thing at a time.

edit: fucked up the thread title with helps, my b

 

[daseoman]

Went on to listen the podcast while working on 2 different projects. Looks like I need to kick this habit as well

 

[EricVonDoobie]

This is sort of a big part of what 4 Hour Work Week was about. Hard habit to form but worth it.

 

[BigWill]

bullshit...

 

[Cashless Clay]

I found these two videos pertaining to multitasking interesting as well.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi-UsdjFYfk]Human Can't Multitask[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r5-jrzNjI4]Test Your Brain - Multitasking[/ame]

 

[moxxom]

Personally I love to do one task at a time, as it helps me to do the task effectively.

I have been guilty of multi tasking for most of my life, many times I have screwed up badly.