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The Singletasking Principle
MYTH
Singletasking is an unobtainable luxury.
REALITY
Singletasking is a fundamental necessity.
The shortest way to do many things is to do one thing at a time.
SAMUEL SMITH
We are not learning to singletask. We are relearning. Single-tasking is rooted in the dawn of humankind. Early hunter-gatherers singletasked. That’s how our species survived. This book is not about introducing a newfangled way of being. It is about reclaiming our natural mental state.
Singletasking means being here, now, immersing yourself in ...
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