Checking your phone while you work?
Toggling between open tabs on your computer?
Scrolling through social media during family time?
Take this typing challenge to find out how well you multitask. Ready, set, go.
Type the following:
Now alternate the letters and numbers:
You took seconds in the first round, and seconds in the second round.
Multitasking is worse than a lie.
More often than not, when we think we multitask – especially on our digital devices – we’re actually task-switching.
Was your timing for Round 2 faster or slower than in Round 1? One of the key implications of task-switching is that productivity slows down – our brains lose time shifting attention from one task to another, toggling to and from our task at hand.
Reach out to us today to find out more about task-switching and managing screen time!
You took seconds in the first round, and forfeited the second round.
Multitasking is worse than a lie.
More often than not, when we think we multitask – especially on our digital devices – we’re actually task-switching.
Was your timing for Round 2 faster or slower than in Round 1? One of the key implications of task-switching is that productivity slows down – our brains lose time shifting attention from one task to another, toggling to and from our task at hand.
Reach out to us today to find out more about task-switching and managing screen time!