⏱️Being productive and healthy
People think they are being productive multi-tasking, but all the context-switching actually reduces productivity, increases stress, and makes people more error-prone.
The reason we think we are doing well is a sign of the exposure effect: we feel productive because we are so used to doing the thing. Also the think we are multitasking with (tv, music, etc) in itself makes us feel better
Literature notes
- 🥫 Single-tasking- the power of focusing on one task at a time - Ness Labs
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“HTSN 9.2 Multitasking is not a good idea”
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people handling multitasks face a difficult time to complete the two or more works at a time by considering the relevant work data and ignoring unwanted data in each task. Sometimes, this led to confusion and then converted to stress in their job
Multitasking can hurt efficiency for two reasons, it takes time to switch between the tasks and the process of switching the tasks by gathering individual information can lead to errors and mistakes
employees took a longer time to complete the multiple tasks at a time rather than completing one at a time. – @reddy.kumar_2020
Then why do people increasingly multitask at high cognitive costs? This study suggests at least two reasons. First, although cognitive needs are not gratified by media multitasking, emotional needs are, such as feeling entertained or relaxed. Second, habits play an important role in media multitasking behavior, and multitasking can be self-reinforcing. – @wang.tchernev_2012