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Singletasking
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Singletasking

by Devora Zack
May 2015
Beginner to intermediate
168 pages
2h 41m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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PREFACE

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MYTH

My life demands that I do several things at once.

REALITY

I must be fully present as I travel through my days.

The successful man is the average man, focused.

ANONYMOUS

Why Me?

I am despondent over my ample qualifications to write this book.

That I wrote it verifies my good will and poor judgment. Why would I voluntarily take on the task of authoring a book when more pressing matters demand my immediate attention?

Let’s breeze through one of my basic weekday mornings. By 8:30 I’ve exercised, done a little writing at my neighborhood café, scanned the headlines, reorganized my to-do list, whizzed to the local grocery, woken and fed ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781626562615