Via Jayson Gaddis

on Oct 29, 2008

Multitasking: Worse than Smoking Pot for your Brain? [Time Management video]

If you’re like me and work for yourself, you may have a tendency to multitask while “working.” It’s a bad habit of mine, and I know it doesn’t make me more efficient, or more productive. One habit in particular includes having too many windows open at the same time while writing: I check my email real quick, then text a friend and get some kind of facebook alert. Pretty soon, 10 inefficient minutes have gone by…or much longer. And, since I’m wasting time already, I go see what’s in the fridge.

The below video is super helpful for any entrepreneurs working from home. Thirty-five minutes long—and worth every minute. I was surprised how much I learned from this company and the guy promoting his work.

Another recent article in Boulder based magazine Natural Solutions reports how multitasking “impedes our ability to remember or to learn.”  The stats are clear—back in the day, advances in technology were supposed to free up more time for us, but as we all are learning, it’s had the opposite effect.

I challenge you to watch this sans interruption…good luck!

Watch the video here.

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Jayson Gaddis, MA, LPC, CGT is a yerba mate addict, and a householder. He’s a relationship psychotherapist devoted to helping people awaken through relationship, intimacy, and parenting. He’s a husband and part-time stay-at-home Dad getting schooled by his two kids. Jayson writes his own highly personal blog, and has also written for Integral Life, The Jungle of Life, Primer Magazine, Recovering Yogi, The Good Men Project. You can find him at Deepening Relationships , and Jayson Gaddis,