Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You may have heard that multitasking is bad for you, but new studies show that it kills your performance and may even damage your brain.
Multitasking is a tempting way to get more things done in less time, but web site WebMD says that multitasking often comes at the detriment of some tasks, especially learning: Results are always worse ...
Many people believe themselves to be multitasking masters, but could it all be in their heads? Our brains weren’t built to multitask. Our brains are designed to focus on one thing at a time, and ...
When you run a small business or startup, everything and everyone demands your attention. Constant distractions are part of the job, but they interrupt your focus. By learning how to multitask ...
In case we needed another reason to close the 15 extra browser tabs we have open, Clifford Nass, a communication professor at Stanford, has provided major motivation for monotasking: according to his ...
In an ideal world, our jobs wouldn't require multitasking. We could singlemindedly focus on one thing at a time and get them done. Alas, the real world isn't quite so accommodating. Most of us have ...
“Multitasking” has become a bad word. Most research says that our brains aren’t truly capable of focusing on multiple things at once, but that doesn’t mean multitasking is evil. If you want to ...
Space and time to focus our attention is what’s required for creativity, inspiration, invention, opportunity, competitive advantage, and ultimately growth. In my last column, I wrote about the fallacy ...
The stereotype of the busy working mom divvying up her energy between kids, husband and housework is at least partially true, according to new research that finds that not only do mothers multitask ...
You may have heard that multitasking is bad for you, but new studies show that it kills your performance and may even damage your brain. Every time you multitask you aren’t just harming your ...