Personal Perspective: Monotasking seemed impossible in the middle of my busy day, but in the end, I was surprised at how relaxed and accomplished I felt. Here's why.
A strategy can help us stay on track to complete one task at a time.I burned the top of my hand on the oven rack this week when pulling out a baked potato while looking at a text from my mother.
Years ago I wrote about the dangers of multitasking and called on research that explained while most of us think we are fabulous multi-taskers, we are not. Only a little more than two percent of the 200 peopleproved to be Supertaskers, able to perform multiple tasks at a time without the error and stress that others experience.
The few seconds it takes to toggle between tasks increases cortisol and stress levels, doubles the errors, and can reduce ourYet, multitasking creates this frenetic energy that leaves us feeling like we are getting a lot done. It's an illusion.Monotasking, which requires us to focus on doing one thing at a time, seems so slow by comparison. Of course, we’ll have fewer errors that we need to go back and correct and a lot less stress, which means we'll likely get more done.
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