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Three Ways Task Switching Degrades Your Focus

Three Ways Task Switching Degrades Your Focus

  • Switching cost - You lose focus switching between tasks
  • Screw-up effect. When you switch between tasks, errors that wouldn’t have happened otherwise start to creep in.
  • Creativity drain - In the long run, you are likely to be much less creative.

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