Barney Frank Quotes

I have a short attention span, so when one book isn't working out, I just work on another.

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

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.

I write slowly and get distracted a lot.

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

I'm very focused when I'm making a movie, but I'm also a fantastic multitasker.

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

There are different usage patterns - I never do email during the day. I don't multitask well at all. I don't know how to be in a meeting and participate and be on email at the same time. I do see some people do it more effectively. I've never quite figured that out.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

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.

According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.

There's no such thing as multitasking.

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.

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 have a very short attention span, so sitting down with a book is very difficult for me.

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.

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

I have a short attention span. And when I'm in the middle of one thing, I'm then drawn to the next thing.

I have to always make sure I don't stay in one place and spend too much time one subject. I have my wife tell me [through an earpiece], "Come back! You're taking too long on that subject." I need to be reeled in.

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

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

The average human attention span was 12 seconds in 2000 and 8 seconds in 2013. A drop of 33%. The scary part is that the attention span of a goldfish was 9 seconds, almost 13% more than us humans. That's why it's getting tougher by the day to get people to turn the page. Maybe we writers ought to try writing for goldfish!

I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.