miércoles, julio 27, 2005

ADT Attention Deficit Trait

What are some of the symptoms?
Hallowell: When people find that they're not working to their full potential; when they know that they could be producing more but in fact they're producing less; when they know they're smarter than their output shows; when they start answering questions in ways that are more superficial, more hurried than they usually would; when their reservoir of new ideas starts to run dry; when they find themselves working ever-longer hours and sleeping less, exercising less, spending free time with friends less and in general putting in more hours but getting less production overall.

Are some people just better at multitasking than others?
Hallowell: No one really multitasks. You just spend less time on any one thing. When it looks like you're multitasking--you're looking at one TV screen and another TV screen and you're talking on the telephone--your attention has to shift from one to the other. You're brain literally can't multitask. You can't pay attention to two things simultaneously. You're switching back and forth between the two. So you're paying less concerted attention to either one.

I think in general, why some people can do well at what they call multitasking is because the effort to do it is so stimulating. You get adrenaline pumping that helps focus your mind. What you're really doing is focusing better at brief spurts on each stimulus. So you don't get bored with either one.

I assume that high-tech companies, which are themselves such avid consumers of tech gadgetry, are rife with ADT?
Yes, but they're also--and this is why I love those people so much--able to say no to it. They're playful. Play is one of the best antidotes to this. They're able to rise above it and get around it. The ones who suffer the most in that field are the ones who don't have the creative powers of the techies, and they just kind of slog along.

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Se me olvido decir que al parecer tengo ADT.

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5 comentarios:

  1. Alejo!!! lo descubriste!!! eso es lo que yo tengo!!! ¿y ahora que hacemos?

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  2. Yo también. Bienvenido al club.
    Es difícil, pero se puede salir adelante.

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  3. Anónimo9:04 p. m.

    A mi también me dijeron que tenía eso. vaya uno a saber, no estaba poniendoles mucha atención ...

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  4. yo no lei muy bien pero creo que tambien tengo eso

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