Stop Multitasking.

It is good to be back; I hope you have all had a relaxing break. Let us get back to work.

You have already gleaned from the title of this entry that multitasking is not right. This week's entry will dissuade you against this supposed 'skill' and present you with a better way of conducting yourself and your activities.

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Multitasking reduces your efficiency and effectiveness.

Our brains can not focus on multiple things simultaneously, one of those things will suffer, have you tried writing a serious email while on the phone to someone? You can not do it. Some of us picture the woman in the kitchen speaking on the phone as she cradles it between her shoulder and ear, while at the same time rinsing a cup in the sink and stirring a pot of soup and disciplining her unruly child. One of those things will suffer, if not all, the soup will not be as tasty as it could be, and the cup will be inadequately rinsed; In other words, stop multitasking.

Multitasking lowers your IQ.

The reason is that those who are frequent multitaskers exhibit a low density of grey matter in the anterior cingulate cortex, which correlates to poor cognitive performance. In other words, stop multitasking.

Multitasking will impair your ability to progress further in your career.

Given that multitasking reduces the density of grey matter in the anterior cingulate cortex frequent multitaskers will see a decrease in their emotional intelligence, a skill which is critical to success in the workplace and life. Also, who likes it when you want to have a conversation with someone, and this person can not seem to peel their eyes away from their phone? No one does. In other words, stop multitasking.

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Steering away from the science and jargon, the AMC reason for quitting multitasking is the following saying: "How you do one thing is how you do everything", this fantastic adage is telling you to respect and care for your activities because the way you make your bed in the morning is the way you prepare your coffee. If routines and activities are rushed and hasty because attention is split and divided, effectiveness will decline, and life satisfaction will decrease. In other words, slow down and pay even more attention to the tasks before you, respect the blanket so you can appreciate the keyboard, respect the butter knife so you may admire the car keys, stop multitasking.