Multi-Tasking Is Making You Less Productive

According to Business Insider.(2014). ¨Most situations, multi-tasking is a misnomer – the person juggling email, text messaging, Facebook and a meeting is really doing something called “rapid toggling between tasks,” and is engaged in constant context switching.¨

I mean the multitasking don let you make the things rigth so is not god. 

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Biography: 

• Business Insider.(2014). Why Multitasking Is Bad. Aviable 20th November of 2014 on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BpD3PxrgICU
• Fora Tv. (2011) .Why the Human Brain Can't Multitask. Aviable 17th June 2011 on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=p-20BrxIb80
•  ThinkSales. Multi-Tasking Is Making You Less Productive. Aviable 2016 on: http://www.thinksales.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Multi-Tasking-means-less-productive_Sales-Career-Advancement.gif

Why Humans Are Bad at Multitasking?

It may not be uncommon to see someone typing out an email on their phone as they walk down the street, listen to music as they read the newspaper on the subway, or stare at a computer screen with multiple windows and tabs open. But despite constantly juggling different activities, humans are not very good at multitasking, experts say.

Dividing attention across multiple activities is taxing on the brain, and can often come at the expense of real productivity, said Arthur Markman, a professor in the department of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin.

"There's a small number of people who are decent multitaskers — this concept of a 'supertasker' — but at best, it's maybe 10 percent of the population, so chances are, you're not one of them," Markman told LiveScience. "The research out there will tell you that there are a couple of people who are good at it, but it's probably not you.

But if practicing an instrument can improve a musician's performance, can the same be done to a person's brain to train it to be more effective at multitasking? Psychologists say it's unlikely, because multitasking involves actively thinking about more than one thing at a time, which can overload the brain's working memory.

"Human beings have a limited capacity for information processing, so after a point, it's not clear if we're capable of doing more," said Gloria Mark, a professor in the department of informatics at the University of California, Irvine. "It's possible that there is a learning curve, and people could train themselves to be better at multitasking, but most people won't be able to sustain that over long periods of time.

Biography: 

• Chow, D. (2013). LiveScience. Why the humans are bad al multitasking. Aviable 13th July of 2013 http://www.livescience.com/37420-multitasking-brain-psychology.html

 Is multi-tasking a good thing? 

Many people believe that multitasking is the only way they cope in our world of task and information overload but the reality is that the brain is incapable of actually focusing on two things at the same time. A frontal part of the brain called Broadman’s Area 10 is supposedly responsible for the brain switching from task to task, and whereas we may think we are multitasking we are actually getting good at switching from task to task more seamlessly.

The current generation have seemingly started to use this part of the brain better than the previous generation, as switching from homework to Facebook, to using Skype on their phone are normal daily activities. Bilton says that our brains are adapting, not evolving but adapting to the increased stimulation that modern life brings. Video games may also be responsible for the development of multitasking capability in terms of attention, hand eye coordination and visual and spatial problem solving.

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I recently saw Bilton speak at the Dublin Web Summit and at least 70% of the audience tapped away at their laptops, iPads or smartphones while he spoke. Some were note-taking, some were checking out his book or his website, and others were busy tweeting, blogging or communicating online in some form or another. I’m sure most attendees thought they were listening to the talk, but I believe that their attention was split and not all would remember what was said. They inevitably had to experience the “zone in” and “zone out” of task-switching to some degree.

Biography: 

• Crenshaw, D. (2014) Aviable 1st September of 2014 on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BCeGKxz3Q8Q
•  Conlon, C, (2015). So You Think You Can Multitask? Think Again.. Aviable 2015 on:  http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/you-think-you-can-multitask-think-again.html

Facts and Lies

LIE: I’m really good at it.
TRUTH: No one is.
 According to ThinkSale. (2016). ¨Your brain isn’t designed to focus on more than one thing at a time, and an attempt to do so results in splintered focus, and, according to this interesting research out of Stanford University, cognitive damage. (Travis Bradberry did a nice distillation of the study on Forbes.)¨

 I mean no one can stray focus in a lot things at the same time because it is to dificult to do something rigth. 

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LIE: It makes me more productive!
TRUTH: It makes you less effective.

According to ThinkSales. (2016). ¨An inability to filter information means an inability to effectively prioritize. And if you can’t prioritize well, you can’t make good decisions. I’ll add this: When the researchers tested a theory that perhaps heavy multitaskers had better memory function which allowed them to organize information? That theory did not pan out. In fact, multitaskers fared worse in the memory department¨. 

If you can’t remember what you were doing a minute ago, let alone what you have to do next or later, and a compromised ability to know what’s worth paying attention to, you’re going to have some real problems getting things done, let alone getting ahead.

Biography:

• ThinkSales. Multi-Tasking Is Making You Less Productive. Aviable 2016 on: http://www.thinksales.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Multi-Tasking-means-less-productive_Sales-Career-Advancement.gif
• Trespicio, T. (2015).The 3 Big Lies About Multitasking That Will Cost You At Work.  Aviable 10th March 2015 on: https://www.mequilibrium.com/2015/03/10/3-big-lies-multitasking-will-cost-work/

Multitasking 

Multitasking, in a human context, is the practice of doing multiple things simultaneously, such as editing a document or responding to email while attending a teleconference.

The concept of multitasking began in a computing context. Computer multitasking, similarly to human multitasking, refers to performing multiple tasks at the same time. In a computer, multitasking refers to things like running more than application simultaneously.

Current computers are designed for multitasking. For humans, however, multitasking has been decisively proven to be an ineffective way to work. Research going back to the 1980s has indicated repeatedly that performance suffers when people multitask.

A few research findings about multitasking:

• For students, an increase in multitasking predicted poorer academic results.
• Multitaskers took longer to complete tasks and produced more errors.
• People had more difficulty retaining new information while multitasking.
• When tasks involved making selections or producing actions, even very simple tasks performed concurrently were impaired.
• Multitaskers lost a significant amount of time switching back and forth between tasks, reducing  their productivity up to 40%.
• Habitual multitaskers were less effective than non-multitaskers even when doing one task at any given time because their ability to focus was impaired.
• Multitasking temporarily causes an IQ drop of 10 points, the equivalent of going without sleep for a full night.
• Multitaskers typically think they are more effective than is actually the case.

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Biography: 

• Trespicio, T. (2015). Aviable 10th March of 2015  on: https://www.mequilibrium.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/multitasking1.jpg. 
• Wigmore, I. Multitasking (in humans) (2013). Aviable 4th August of 2013 on: http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/multitasking-in-humans 

Media Vs Couples 

In nowadays he media is so involved with the relationships that the people have it. 
In the past the people send card´s love for their lovers and now they just send messages to them. Before they do not have a lot of ways to communicate as now. But the things doesn´t change anyway because even when in the past the people get mad, they stop to answer such as they do now. 

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"We all know that 'perfect' couple with the fun-loving Facebook wall and gorgeous Instagram feed. We also know how unhelpful they can be on those tough days when we feel like our relationships are on the rocks," Verily's Monica Gabriel Marshall wrote this week. "They look so happy, so carefree - what am I doing wrong?"
These perfect couples weren't created overnight. They are the result of years of hard work and continual efforts to make their relationships stronger.

How to be a perfect couple? Part 2.

6. Encourage your partner. 

Help your vouple to do something, give to her o him the support for do whatever they want to do because they need encorage for become their dreams in true.



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7. Respect each other. 
The respect is important with your couple because that´s what make you feel comfortable in a relationship.

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• Don’t ever try to manipulate your partner or use their secrets against them.
• Don’t ever betray their trust.
• Always remember what you value in your partner, and never take them.

8. Work on the relationship continually.
The relationship needs love and calm and time because is healthy for everyone got it.

9. Be affectionate. 

It is important for people feel like they are loved 

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10. Always make time for each other.

 It will help keep the spark alive. Because when pass the time with your love you going be a better person and you going to learn for her or him.

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Biography: 

• Harrkia,L. (2016).How to be a perfect couple.  Published on 4th july 2016. Aviable on: http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Perfect-Couple. 
• Nuñez,B. (2004). Aviable 7th October of 2004 on: https://66.media.tumblr.com/3e15a43389a496c50152359e90d6ab25/tumblr_ocupfhTdGD1v99polo1_500.gif
• Gamboa, G. (2010). Aviable 22th September of 2010 on: http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhletukxFO1qepfdz.png. 
• Garmendia, L. (2012). Aviable 12th March of 2012 on: http://66.media.tumblr.com/7b0300731af058b8e7018e72e27669e1/tumblr_msesvl61cG1sgyulgo1_500.jpg. 
• Gallego, S. (2001). Aviable 23th August of 2001 on: https://67.media.tumblr.com/835db84b6f2d01e7c83dd5b9a650c8eb/tumblr_inline_n7qsmxmrNQ1ra39w2.gif