With the introduction of various technologies into our everyday lives, multitasking has.
become a normal feature of our busy days. Doing more tasks ought to mean that we.
get more done. But does it really? Take this example from a typical day at my job.
Last week, during a meeting, I decided to send a quick email to a client. A minute later, I
had to send another email with the attachment I had forgotten. In my third email to him,.
I had to apologize for sending the wrong attachment. When I eventually focused on..the
meeting, I realized someone was asking me a question, but because I was not paying.
attention, I couldn 't answer it and I had to ask him to repeat it. Embarrassing.
Sound familiar? Do not worry- you're not alone. Research shows that when we
multitask, we are actually playing a trick on ourselves. We think we're doing more, but.
actually we're not. In fact, multitasking can lead to a 40 percent drop in productivity. Researchers say that we
do not really multitask at all; we "switch-task," and when we switch from one thing to another, we're simply.
interrupting ourselves to do something else.