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#264 How to find focus and increase your attention with Johann Hari

Squiggly Careers

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Why We Can't Multi Tasks?

To do things really well, we need to focus on one thing at once. Research shows that at work we rarely get an hour of uninterrupted time. The average tnage now believes they can focus on six or seven things at the same time. When you're not jammed up with distractions, your mind will start to wander. If a huge amount of mental power is taken away from focusing and re focusing all the time, you are significantly less creative. You don't feel it, but it does.

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