[lifehacks] The Secret to Success Is ‘Monotasking’ … A look at why multitasking does not lead to good productivity. ‘Multitasking is the act of distracting yourself. It comes with a cost even when tasks feel related, because it requires you to switch the “mental rules of the game,” as the cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham puts it. Even when people are allowed to switch between tasks at their own discretion, the more they switch, the longer everything takes. As Mark has written: “We find that in real world work, the more switches in attention a person makes, the lower is their end of day assessed productivity.”’ (archive)
Why Multitasking Isn’t Productive
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