Multitasking

the personal health of people is also concerned. Living with so many different technological tools, people tend to shift their attention from one task to another swiftly, and the strategy of adapting to the multitasking environment has become a requirement for people’s brains. The multitasking become a normal phenomenon in modern society. Restak mentions the widespread phenomenon in modern society that “many personality…

The current workplace is made up of four different generations: Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y (Kapoor & Solomon, 2011). Traditionalists were born between 1925 and 1945, and they endured poverty and traumatic world events. Therefore, they tend to be frugal and cautious, and viewing conformity as a ticket to success (Haynes, 2011). They place more importance on what is best for the group, and prefer to receive information in a simple and straightforward manner. Baby…

in the brain in a bad way. Others, like the scientist, and innovator. Sebastian Thrun current project “Google Driverless Car” uncovers the significance and the revolutionary self- driven car to save fuel, lane capacity and lives of others. The multitasking has a connection with technologies and has impacted our behavioral through “Forget multitask, try monotasking” by Paolo Cardini…

This principle given by Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian sociologist and economist, is also known as 80/20 rule. Understanding this rule can help you to stop procrastinating. Originally, Pareto derived his 80/20 rule on the observation that 80% of Italy’s wealth then belonged to just 20% of the Italian population. By extension, the rule has been applied to all aspects of human endeavor. For instance, it’s the  20 percent of the effort that produces the 80 percent of the result  20 percent of the…

famine? Multitasking is a significant part of my life. For example, I can be doing my homework and responding text messaging simultaneously which makes it hard to focus on the main thing due to technology advances. Another example is when I have made dinner plans with some friends and answering my cell phone and talking to all involved parties back and forth. In this situation, the individual is not focused on either task and probably not able to enjoy the free time due to multitasking and…

WHAT CUSTOMERS LOOK FOR! The Magi was the name given to three kings, also referred to as the "three wise men" who visited the infant Jesus and brought him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. It is folklore that they had a great knowledge of stars and people all over the world admired them as masters of astrology. All these three had great spiritual and symbolic value. It is said that the gold was a symbol of kingship, the frankincense was a symbol of spiritual excellence and the myrrh was…

United States, Germany, and Japan. Although some prefer E-Books “90 percent would choose hard copy” (3) if they were given the choice of source. One of Baron’s prominent points is that “digital reading encourages distraction and invites multitasking” (3). Multitasking is not effective when studying material. It is difficult to fully immerse yourself in learning when the distraction is constant. With the internet so easily accessible it’s easy to sway from school work. Baron gives the example…

In his article Dennis McCafferty explains that out of the 1,150 Americans, “48% of survey participants say they wouldn 't hide the fact that they 're using a smartphone in a place of worship” (Smartphone Addiction Reaching New Heights). This need for one to have his or her eyes constantly looking at a device’s screen is even coming into play in some of the most inappropriate environments. The fact that nearly half of the people surveyed admitted to the use of a smartphone in a place of worship…

Nowadays, world have evolved to a state where as young as one years old to as old as sixty years have been exposed to video games. Start from a big box to hand-held video games console. Video games has always been associated with teenagers as them been criticized by the society as mind paralyses and destructive garbage. Therefore, it gives bad impression to people who play video games among the society. However, video game gives more benefits than negative effects. Researchers have gone through…

Nurses are known to be great multitaskers, but their multitasking skills can also lead to medication administration errors. Previous documentations have shown that while multitasking, distractions and interruptions have been a main cause for nurses to perform a medication administration error (MAEs). MAEs are to be taken very seriously. MAEs can cause harm to the patients and maybe even lead to lifelong injuries or even death (Rassin, Kanti, & Silner, 2005; Treiber & Jones, 2010). Researchers…