Multitasking - or optimal performance http://talentdevelop.com/73/multitasking-or-optimal-performance/ Information and inspiration to enhance creativity and personal growth Sun, 13 May 2012 05:29:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Multitasking - or optimal performance http://talentdevelop.com/73/multitasking-or-optimal-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-5055 Multitasking is really task-switching. Some people are good at it. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:26:40 +0000 http://talentdevelop.com/multitasking-or-optimal-performance/#comment-5055 [...] Multitasking – or optimal performance Jun 9, 2007 … Our complex lives seem to demand multitasking to keep up. But can we be trying to balance too many plates in the air, doing too much at once … talentdevelop.com/73/multitasking-or-optimal-performance/ [...] [...] Multitasking – or optimal performance Jun 9, 2007 … Our complex lives seem to demand multitasking to keep up. But can we be trying to balance too many plates in the air, doing too much at once … talentdevelop.com/73/multitasking-or-optimal-performance/ [...]

]]> Multitasking - or optimal performance http://talentdevelop.com/73/multitasking-or-optimal-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Lucy Jo Palladino, PhD Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:39:20 +0000 http://talentdevelop.com/multitasking-or-optimal-performance/#comment-34 A timely, thoughtful post. I read it as I cooked dinner, listened to iTunes, and did some yoga (just kidding). A strong body of research - including the UCLA study - now confirms that multi-tasking is less effective than serial-tasking. So why do we do it? We need the stim. We're so conditioned to movieland car chases, quick edit TV ads, and virtual reality that ordinary life bores us. Stuck on the under-stimulated side of the upside-down U, multi-tasking adds the stim you need to get back to your focus zone. "Mindful multi-tasking" - staying aware of your level of stim and adjusting it up or down as needed - will work: chatting while clearing your clutter, good; dwt (driving while texting) bad. Lucy Jo Palladino, PhD Author, Find Your Focus Zone A timely, thoughtful post. I read it as I cooked dinner, listened to iTunes, and did some yoga (just kidding).

A strong body of research – including the UCLA study – now confirms that multi-tasking is less effective than serial-tasking. So why do we do it?

We need the stim. We’re so conditioned to movieland car chases, quick edit TV ads, and virtual reality that ordinary life bores us. Stuck on the under-stimulated side of the upside-down U, multi-tasking adds the stim you need to get back to your focus zone.

“Mindful multi-tasking” – staying aware of your level of stim and adjusting it up or down as needed – will work: chatting while clearing your clutter, good; dwt (driving while texting) bad.

Lucy Jo Palladino, PhD
Author, Find Your Focus Zone

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