Deepak Chopra Quotes

There's no such thing as multitasking.

Most of us can easily do two things at once; what's all but impossible is to do one thing at once.

Task switching is hard because we do not control what is on our mind. Despite our efforts, the original task continues to occupy our mental bandwidth. Although we can control where our time goes, we cannot fully control how our bandwidth is allocated.

No more than a surgeon can operate while tweeting can you reach your potential with one ear in, one ear out. You actually have to reacquaint yourself with concentration. We all do.

While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.

It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time.

You wouldn't read 'Anna Karenina' and try to work on the computer at the same time, would you?

In effect, dividing your attention means that neither (or none) of the things you're working on is really getting the full effect of your intelligence, and that it in the end takes you longer than it would if you did one thing at a time.

I only do one thing at a time; otherwise, I get confused and then I can't trick you.

Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.

Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself.

The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention.

I think people who multitask pay a huge price. They think they're being extra productive, and I think when you multitask so much you don't have time to think about anything deeply, you are giving the world an advantage you shouldn't do, and practically everybody is drifting into that mistake.

I multitask and always have the TV on in the background. If I need to focus, I generally have to turn off the TV.

I think that we get so distracted with our smartphones... It takes your body and your brain time to switch between tasks. If we can focus on what we're doing, we'll be more productive at that task.

It's hard to get people to focus on one idea.

It's a skill that people are born with. Either you're a focuser or you're a multitasky person. I am a full-focus person.

The mind is easily distracted; it loses its focus and becomes restless. If it is not directed positively, its power will be diffused.

Everyone is always having their attention divided between the world of the people [they're] with and this other reality.

If someone around you is multitasking, you pick up distraction like second-hand smoke.

You cannot give your full attention to something, and at the same time resist it.

When we are forced to do multiple things at once, not only do we perform worse on all of them but our memory decreases and our general well-being suffers a palpable hit.

It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.

When you think you're listening to several conversations at once, they tell me, you may really simply be time sharing - that is, listening a little bit to this one, a little bit to that one.

I find that I can't work and listen to radio - either I find I don't like it and it distracts me, or I do like it and I want to listen to it.