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Nov 2023
4m 26s

Expert Single-Tasker

Headspace Studios
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We only have so much energy in our lives. If we channel it into the wrong things, including multi-tasking, we find that time flies by but we aren’t sure how we spent it or what we got accomplished. What if instead, you gave something your entire focus? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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