121. Doing one thing at a time
Multi-tasking is defined as the ability of a person to perform more than one task at the same time.
I heard that multi-tasking is an important skill, people admiring multi-taking ability. Are we really talented in performaing multi-tasking role?
For example: driving, looking at the road directory, smoking and listening to the handphone at the same time. Talking to the secretary, reading email and writing a short note at the same time. These are not multi-tasking. These are merely handling many tasks within a short span of time.
The socalled Multi-tasking tasking can be done is because the tasks involved need very little attention or working memory. Infact multi-tasking would create errors for complex tasks due to insufficient attention pay to the detailed content.
People in the world are carving for multi-tasking ability.
Very few people know that ADHD people possess multi-taking skills. They can pay attention to many things at any time and yet the world labels them as having attention deficit symptoms. ADHD people after all are the most misunderstood group because when they pay attention to their neighbouring classmates' movement, the unusual airconditioner noise or a sport car passing by outside the classroom except that he is paying attention to the teacher and the monotonous white board infront.
Training, past experience and working habit can cultivate multi-tasking skills. As long as we are cutivating mindfulness, multi-tasking skill will come naturally. Multitasking is suitable for simple and easily repeated task. multitasking for complex tasks would add more error rather than benefits.
I heard that multi-tasking is an important skill, people admiring multi-taking ability. Are we really talented in performaing multi-tasking role?
For example: driving, looking at the road directory, smoking and listening to the handphone at the same time. Talking to the secretary, reading email and writing a short note at the same time. These are not multi-tasking. These are merely handling many tasks within a short span of time.
The socalled Multi-tasking tasking can be done is because the tasks involved need very little attention or working memory. Infact multi-tasking would create errors for complex tasks due to insufficient attention pay to the detailed content.
People in the world are carving for multi-tasking ability.
Very few people know that ADHD people possess multi-taking skills. They can pay attention to many things at any time and yet the world labels them as having attention deficit symptoms. ADHD people after all are the most misunderstood group because when they pay attention to their neighbouring classmates' movement, the unusual airconditioner noise or a sport car passing by outside the classroom except that he is paying attention to the teacher and the monotonous white board infront.
Training, past experience and working habit can cultivate multi-tasking skills. As long as we are cutivating mindfulness, multi-tasking skill will come naturally. Multitasking is suitable for simple and easily repeated task. multitasking for complex tasks would add more error rather than benefits.
