A Free Public Service Announcement:

STOP MULTITASKING!

REDUCE YOUR STRESS, INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY, THINK WITH ENHANCED CLARITY AND LIVE LONGER!

Just because your computer can run 5-7 tasks simultaneously doesn't mean you should. In fact, you should never multitask at all. Multitasking actually wastes time, increases your stress and puts a serious dent in the quality of your work.M

Here's all the proof you need:

http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2008/05/10-tips-to-stop-multitasking/

http://www.mbtmag.com/blog/Get_Lean_and_Prosper/15565-Book_Review_The_Myth_of_Multitasking.php

http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-myth-of-multitasking

http://www.cio.com/article/29708/Multitasking_Wastes_Time_and_Money

http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/09/review-the-myth-of-multitasking/

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/CAREER/trends/08/05/multitasking.focus/index.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1174696,00.html

http://wwwthepeoplepro.blogspot.com/2008/05/multi-tasking-madness-decreases.html

Here's one of my favorites about the adversary attorneys who couldn't believe they agreed to a horrible deal. What happened? The smart lawyer who scored the deal focused on the negotiations while the attorneys for the other side kept checking their "smart" phones for emails, messages, to-dos, etc. so they were endlessly distracted from the topic at hand. Who's smart now?

http://living.health.com/2008/06/25/me-time-how-to-stop-multitasking/

http://www.noobpreneur.com/2009/07/07/why-small-business-owners-have-to-stop-multitasking/

http://www.ehow.com/how_4709942_stop-multitasking-excessively.html

http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/fast-company-staff/fast-company-blog/stop-multitasking

This one is slightly off-topic except for the part where the doctor infects herself with Hepatitis C when she jabbed herself with the wrong needle while trying to check her won't-stop-beeping pager while trying to give the Hepatitis C patient a sterile injection:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/health/21chen.html?_r=1

More from the New York Times revealing that Multitasking is a Myth:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/business/yourmoney/25shortcuts.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/business/25multi.html


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