Take Your Time. How frequently have we uttered that phrase, yet these days, it's almost laughable -- who really has time to "take" anymore. We try to make up for the lack of time by multi-tasking. But guess what? There's no such thing as multi-tasking. Experts have found we cannot focus on more than one task at a time. So while it may feel as if we're accomplishing tasks simultaneously, we're actually switching back and forth between each in rapid succession. In effect accomplishing less -- living in absence of the moment instead of in it. But what we're doing to save time is actually costing us more than just time. It's also fostering a deep sense of disconnectedness and isolation, and has far reaching implications.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Take Your Time
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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Take Your Time. How frequently have we uttered that phrase, yet these days, it's almost laughable -- who really has time to "take" anymore. We try to make up for the lack of time by multi-tasking. But guess what? There's no such thing as multi-tasking. Experts have found we cannot focus on more than one task at a time. So while it may feel as if we're accomplishing tasks simultaneously, we're actually switching back and forth between each in rapid succession. In effect accomplishing less -- living in absence of the moment instead of in it. But what we're doing to save time is actually costing us more than just time. It's also fostering a deep sense of disconnectedness and isolation, and has far reaching implications.
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