An article I read for Inquiry was debunking the myth about multitasking. The article talked about how if you just focus all your attention on getting one task done at a time, you will be able to get everything done quicker than multitasking. After many years of trying to multitask, I believe this is true. I would always try to get two or more homework assignments done at the same time. I would do my math homework while trying to write an English paper, on top of texting and messaging friends. This did not work. I also tried switch tasking. I would try to do math for twenty minutes then switch to chemistry homework then switch back to math for a little while. It was very confusing and very time consuming. If I just focused in on one thing at a time I got everything done.
The second article I read was Outliers- 10000 hours to success. The bottom line of this article was that practice makes perfect. It gave examples of The Beatles and Bill Gates. Success was not just handed to them, they had to put in countless hours of work. This is true for everything in life. If you want to ace a test you have to put in hours of studying. If you want to get a promotion at your job you have to out work all of your coworkers. For me it was trying to make the baseball team at my school. I was one of the youngest players trying out so I knew I had work hard. I would hit off a tee every day after school, and would also pitch to my father. On top of that I would run three miles every day. I was dedicated to make the team. And hard work does pay off because I eventually did.
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