How to Multitask
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Saved by 3 people (1 private), first by anonymouse user on 2007-10-26
- Larstobi on 2008-10-25 - Tags multitasking , productivity , tips , organization , management , howto
- Qrystal on 2007-10-26 - Tags multitasking , productivity
- Generoche on 2007-04-27 - Tags Productivity
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you can actually change your brain
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clearly establish which tasks are more important than others
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maintain the intention to break
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Don't think you can actually do two things at once.
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What we call multitasking is actually task switching.
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Blood flow to Area 10 increased when people kept a principal goal in mind while temporarily engaged in secondary tasks. "This is presumably the last part of the brain to evolve, the most mysterious and exciting part," Grafman says.
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the role of Area 10. "If you're missing it due to injury or a birth defect," he explains, "you keep forgetting to do things."
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Multitasking becomes easier, scientists believe, when you make parts of the process routine.
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Make schedules, not to-do lists. And whatever you do, don't answer the phone. For those of us who find multitasking difficult, Burgess claims that the simplest aids -- like timers and alarms -- are the most effective.
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An interruption breaks your train of thought and initiates a recall of what else needs to be done.
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