If you put “great at multitasking” on your resume, you lied, according to ABC News correspondent Dan Harris.
In a video for the “ideas” website Big Think, Harris, author of “10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works,” explained that multitasking well is not neurologically possible.
“Every time you think you’re multitasking, essentially that’s the short way of saying you’re doing many things poorly,” said Harris.
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Harris suggests removing distractions (e.g. phones, email, etc.) and trying to do just one thing at a time when you can. He says that when he does that, he moves through tasks more quickly.