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Apr 2016
14m 31s

Ep 108 - Multitasking Makes You Dumb

Rob Dial
About this episode

Lots of people take pride in being great multitaskers. The
problem with that is that multitasking is not only slowing you down
and making you less efficient, but it is also making you dumber. In
this episode I share all of the reasons why multitasking needs to
be cut from your daily practice in order to become more
productive.

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