If you’re a connoisseur of productivity methods–and even if you aren’t–you’ve likely heard about “monotasking,” the alternative to multitasking in which the name of the game is to stop juggling ...

This story originally appeared on LearnVest as "Is Multitasking Killing Your Productivity? Try Monotasking Instead." If you’re hunkering down at work to wrap up projects before the holiday break, ...

With the type of fast-paced, competitive and highly digitized ecosystem we live in, it’s painstakingly clear that a lot of people have been plagued by this unshakeable sense of mindlessness. This ...

For so long, the concept of juggling many tasks at once was a resume-worthy skill. In a way, the more balls you could keep in the air without seemingly faltering, the more adept you appeared to ...

I have an app on my phone that opens my email, so I can answer messages while waiting in line for after-school pickup or eating a quick lunch by myself. But the other night my wife was explaining ...

While humans can improve their ability to switch between two tasks, monotasking–doing one thing at a time–is far more efficient. Although numerous studies tell us remote working boosts efficiency, ...

In a world full of Google alerts and iCal reminders, why do we forget so much? In short: we’ve got too many tabs open to knuckle down and give one task our full attention. And that’s where monotasking ...

I burned the top of my hand on the oven rack this week when pulling out a baked potato while looking at a text from my mother. The burn looks like South Carolina and it isn’t the first time I’ve ...

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