Efficient Quote by James Surowiecki

Even though we think we're getting a lot done, ironically, multitasking makes us demonstrably less efficient.

— Daniel Levitin

Most of the work on multitasking suggests that it generally makes you less efficient, not more.

— James Surowiecki

What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduces productivity and increases mistakes by up to 50 percent.

— Susan Cain

The secret to multitasking is that it isn't actually multitasking. It's just extreme focus and organization.

— Joss Whedon

“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

When you multitask, you believe you're being exceptionally productive, but really, you're fooling yourself. Each time you switch tasks, you have to backtrack a…

— Karen Finerman

“We often think that combining tasks will save us time, but scientific evidence shows that it has the opposite effect. Even those who claim…

— Hector Garcia Puigcerver

I don't believe in multitasking. I rather believe in doing one thing at a time.

— Suhasini Maniratnam

“multitasking is a productivity drag masquerading as an efficiency booster.”

— Jocelyn K. Glei

“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

Introduced in the 1960s, multitasking is an engineering strategy for making computers more efficient. Human beings are the slowest elements in a system.

— Ellen Ullman