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Sep 2020
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609: Why You Need to Stop Multitasking a...

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About this episode

Devora Zack debunks multitasking myths and shares how singletasking can help you get more done– one thing at a time. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) Why multitasking reduces your efficiency 

2) How to unplug effectively 

3) Why we get addicted to multitasking 


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— ABOUT DEVORA — 

Devora Zack is CEO of Only Connect Consulting, a Washington Post bestselling author and global speaker with books in 45 language translations. Her clients include Deloitte, Smithsonian, Delta Airlines, the FDA, Johns Hopkins, and the National Institutes of Health. She has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, US News & World Report, Forbes, Self, Redbook, Fast Company, and many others. She is the author of Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Managing for People Who Hate Managing and Singletasking. 

• Book: Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected 

• Book: Singletasking: Get More Done-One Thing at a Time 

• Book: Managing for People Who Hate Managing: Be a Success by Being Yourself 

• Website: MyOnlyConnect.com 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 

• Mythology: Odysseus 

• Personality: Douglas Merrill on Multitasking 

• Personality: Elinor Glyn 

• Personality: Philo of Alexandria 

• Personality: Steven Pressfield 

• Term: Cluster tasking 


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