You’re working. Your email program beeps whenever a new message arrives. Your social media program alerts you to fresh tweets on Twitter. You feel productive, so why are you falling ever further behind in your work?
Here’s why: multi-tasking. E-mail is Making You Stupid – Entrepreneur.com reports:
“Researchers at the University of Michigan found that productivity dropped as much as 40 percent when subjects tried to do two or more things at once. The switching exacts other costs too–mistakes and burnout. One of the study’s authors, David Meyer, asserts bluntly that quality work and multitasking are incompatible.”
Put simply, multi-tasking is a productivity killer. Close all your communications programs when you’re trying to work, and send incoming calls straight to voice mail.
You may be shocked that you get more done, and that you feel more in control too.
Angela Booth, top copywriter, author and writing teacher.
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