Nobody can truly do two things simultaneously and well. It makes us slower and less efficient.
This is because what we think of as multitasking is often just really fast toggling between one task and another. And ultimately, all we end up doing is wasting time.
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Everyone is vulnerable to wasting time. The good news is that once you’ve pinpointed the culprit, you can take steps to avoid it.
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Doing more than one task at once is completely anti-productivity. It is nearly impossible to concentrate on two tasks at the same time. This way of working is inefficient for focus and deep work. If you are doing shallow work like washing the dishes, multitasking works.
Multitasking fractures your attention between multiple tasks at the same time; monotasking fully focuses on one task.
Multitasking is a proven method for getting little done. It wastes time by slowing your progress down on every individual task.
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