| posted at 10:16:33 By Flipping Heck! | Posted In GTD/Productivity |
In an article published in the New York times in October (yes, I'm behind with my blogging, okay?!) entitled "Multitasking Can Make You Lose ... Um ... Focus" the author discusses something we've covered here at Flipping Heck before - how multitasking actually make you more unproductive. See my reviews of review of "The Myth Of Multitasking: How "doing it all" gets nothing done by Dave Creshaw.
From the article:
Although doing many things at the same time - reading an article while listening to music, switching to check e-mail messages and talking on the phone - can be a way of making tasks more fun and energizing, "you have to keep in mind that you sacrifice focus when you do this," said Edward M. Hallowell, a psychiatrist and author of "CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap!" (Ballantine, 2006). "Multitasking is shifting focus from one task to another in rapid succession. It gives the illusion that we're simultaneously tasking, but we're really not. It's like playing tennis ....
| posted at 08:00:00 By Flipping Heck! | Posted In Review |
I was lucky enough to be contacted recently by the folks at Wiley Publishing asking me if I'd like a free review copy of of "The Myth Of Multitasking: How 'doing it all' gets nothing done" by Dave Crenshaw. Well, you know me and free stuff so I jumped at the chance.
I'd seen a few interviews with Dave Crenshaw and reviews of the book but tried not to take too much notice of them as I wanted to form my own opinion of the book so when I picked it up I didn't really know what to expect.
And I have to say I was really impressed with what I read, it certainly changes whole management book genre for the better. Unlike the usual dry style "informational" style of most management books, Crenshaw gets his points across in narrative format which is a refreshing change.
The book centres around "Phil", a time management/productivity consultant; "He....
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