Time Quote by Margaret Heffernan

“Multitasking is actually a hindrance to productivity. Focus on one thing and get it done.”

— Del Suggs

Many people feel they must multi-task because everybody else is multitasking, but this is partly because they are all interrupting each other so much.

— Marilyn vos Savant

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

— Deepak Chopra

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

“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

Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself.

— Marilyn vos Savant

I do think to some extent multitasking is a way of fooling ourselves that we're being exceptionally efficient.

— James Surowiecki

“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 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

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

“Multitasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time.”

— Steve Uzzell

“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