Avoid multitasking to stay focused from "summary" of 100 Great Time Management Ideas by Patrick Forsyth
To stay focused, you need to avoid multitasking. It may seem like you are being productive by doing multiple things at once, but in reality, you are dividing your attention and reducing the quality of your work. When you try to juggle too many tasks at once, you are more likely to make mistakes and take longer to complete each task. Multitasking can also lead to increased stress and decreased efficiency. Your brain is not designed to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, so when you try to switch back and forth between tasks, you are using up valuable mental energy. This can leave you feeling drained and overwhelmed, making it harder to concentrate on any one task. Instead of multitasking, try focusing on one task at a time. This allows you to give your full attention to the task at hand and ...
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