Distraction Quote by Clay Shirky

Multitasking divides your attention and leads to confusion and weakened focus.

— Deepak Chopra

“Those who consistently attempt multitasking find it harder to ignore irrelevant information and take longer moving between tasks—in other words, for all their frantic…

— Margaret Heffernan

Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself.

— Marilyn vos Savant

Multitasking creates a dopamine-addiction feedback loop, effectively rewarding the brain for losing focus and for constantly searching for external stimulation.

— Daniel Levitin

“Even multitasking, that prized feat of modern-day office warriors, turns out to be a myth. Scientists now know that the brain is incapable of…

— Susan Cain

The irony of multitasking is that it's exhausting: when you're doing two or three things simultaneously, you use more energy than the sum of…

— Twyla Tharp

Multitasking is a part of my everyday life.

— Monica Denise Brown

“...the simple act of being interrupted is one of the biggest barriers to productivity...What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between…

— Susan Cain

You'd think people would realize they're bad at multitasking and would quit. But a cognitive illusion sets in, fueled in part by a dopamine-adrenaline…

— Daniel Levitin

“Even multitasking, that prized feat of modern-day office warriors, turns out to be a myth. Scientists now know that the brain is incapable of…

— Susan Cain

“When we think we're multitasking we're actually multiswitching. That is what the brain is very good at doing - quickly diverting its attention from…

— Michael Harris

If you try to multitask in the classic sense of doing two things at once, what you end up doing is quasi-tasking. It's like…

— Joss Whedon