Forget productivity hacks and thinking 10 steps ahead – multitasking is officially bad for us, and we are thrilled, writes Anna Bartter. Put down that endless to-do list and step away from the ...

Despite what we’ve been led to believe, multitasking isn’t the gold-standard of productivity – here’s why it’s time to give this harmful habit a rest. Brace yourself for an uncomfortable truth: ...

For nearly all people, in nearly all situations, multitasking is impossible. When we think we’re multitasking, most often we aren’t really doing two things at once but instead, individual actions in ...

IN today’s fast-paced world, we’re often told that multi-tasking is a valuable skill. We’re encouraged to juggle multiple tasks at once, believing it makes us more efficient and productive. But the ...

Why multitasking is bad for your brain The ability to tackle several jobs at once is supposed to be a good thing. But it causes stress – and could be rewiring our brains Gift this article free ...

Remembering every word of Abraham Lincoln’s historic Gettysburg Address is difficult. It’s even more challenging when you are dealing with distractions. The demonstration’s purpose was to show that ...

You’ve been told that multitasking is a bad idea. Articles and essays appear every day telling you why multitasking is dangerous, makes things take longer, tires out your brain, reduces the quality of ...

Think you’re a brilliant multitasker? You’re almost definitely not (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk) Multitasking has long been held up as an ideal of productivity. Some of us lament that we struggle to ...

Do you consider yourself a champion multitasker? Many business owners take pride in squeezing every ounce of productivity they can from the working day. But did you know that true multitasking is a ...