Everyone wants to be like Napoleon and do various tings at the same time. For quite some time, I have tried to live with multitasking in mind, but the more I am trying to apply it, the more counterproductive it gets. Of course, very few are those who are supposed to work on one thing only. Mostly, we switch between two or three things at once. This is rather normal. No one says that we must start doing one thing only; what we need to do is pick a limited amount of tasks that we could easily handle instead of dozens of things that we can't even remember.
The truth about counter-productiveness comes from the task switching itself, Since our brains are programmed to fully concentrate on one thing, every time we switch tasks, there is a static period of adjustment that is impossible to eliminate. In fact, according to a study, it could take up to 40% of our working time. So, be sure to think about it the next time you write three papers, speak on the phone, and check your facebook at once :)
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