Comments on: Why Multitasking Leads to Inefficiency

By: Dave Crenshaw

Dave Crenshaw — Mon, 23 May 2011 06:51:22 +0000

Multitasking, as most people understand it, is deceptively counter-productive but multitasking is tremendously costly it hurt us everytime we attempt to engage in it.

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By: Dave Crenshaw

Dave Crenshaw — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:04:36 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. Multitasking will not only decrease output and efficiency but it also takes time to finish the tasks if multitasking is present. So right now I’ am more focus to single tasking doing one task at a time and getting things done on time.

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Corporate Barbarian — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:28:14 +0000

I find that multitasking allows me to do a mediocre job on several tasks. Contrast this with monotasking (or working on one thing at a time), which forces me to focus all of my energy on one task, and results in a better outcome. I leave the multitasking to my computer.

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