The Danger of Multi-Tasking...

At some point, multi-tasking became something that is required to function in this fast-paced world. In fact, there are a number of different careers or fields of work that reward multi-tasking immensely. They search and search for people who can do it well.

Here's the problem with multi-tasking:

*** "Multitasking, in short, is not only not thinking, it impairs your
ability to think. Thinking means concentrating on one thing long enough to
develop an idea about it. Not learning other people’s ideas, or memorizing a
body of information, however much those may sometimes be useful. Developing your own ideas. In short, thinking for yourself. You simply cannot do that in bursts
of 20 seconds at a time, constantly interrupted by Facebook messages or Twitter
tweets, or fiddling with your iPod, or watching something on YouTube."

So, here's the dilemma...do you teach your children to multi-task (work on a lot of things at one time) or do you work hard (in a culture that is working against you) to teach your children how to "finish" something before moving on to the next thing. There is much research that suggests that those who can focus on one thing at a time are much better at retaining information and processing information.

Interesting thoughts...at least they were for me.

*** The More You Multi-task the Worse You Get at It