Charlie Munger Quotes

There's no such thing as multitasking.

Even though we think we're getting a lot done, ironically, multitasking makes us demonstrably less efficient.

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.

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

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

I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time.

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.

Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself.

If you try to multitask in the classic sense of doing two things at once, what you end up doing is quasi-tasking. It's like being with children. You have to give it your full attention for however much time you have, and then you have to give something else your full attention.

It's better to do one thing at a time and give your full concentration.

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

Multitasking divides your attention and leads to confusion and weakened focus.

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'll read anything. In fact, I'll read while I'm doing other things, which is not a good idea.

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.

To be honest, I don't enjoy watching movies much when I'm working. They tend to fall apart on me a bit.

I'll always be working on five things at once, usually with those documents open at the same time because if I get stuck somewhere I'll jump over to something else. That's how my head has always worked.

I'm not very good at multi-tasking. Most people aren't, but they think they are. The mind is really better when you're really focused on one thing.

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

Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.

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

I used to listen to 'Woman's Hour' every morning, but I've discovered that I can't have words on when I'm working.

I can't do too much of one thing, or I get very distracted.

We used to think that you could pay attention to five to nine things at a time. We now know that's not true. That's a crazy overestimate. The conscious mind can attend to about three things at once. Trying to juggle any more than that, and you're going to lose some brainpower.