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Bezig met laden... Singletasking: Get More Done-One Thing at a Timedoor Devora Zack
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Your Mind Can't Be Two Places at OnceToo many of us have become addicted to the popular, enticing, dangerously misleading drug of multitasking. Devora Zack was once hooked herself. But she beat it and became more efficient, and you can too. Zack marshals convincing neuroscientific evidence to prove that you really can't do more by trying to tackle several things at once-it's an illusion. There is a better way to deal with all the information and interruptions that bombard us today. Singletasking explains exactly how to clear and calm your mind, arrange your schedule and environment, and gently Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I've been feeling really anxious and insecure about school and about how I'm always so busy and yet unable to get anything done. Today, I was feeling restless again, so I took a walk just to get out of the house and do something else for a change. I bought some groceries and was heading back home when, on a whim, I decided to walk past the entrance to my building and head to the bookstore nearby. I was browsing aimlessly when the title of this book caught my eye. I read through the first few pages and was hooked. It's a short read: you get sucked in easily and the author's distinct voice and humour, the real-life examples, and her solid advice are more than enough to keep you engrossed.
I finished the book there, in one uncomfortable standing, and came home, still feeling anxious and insecure, but now acutely more aware of my surroundings, my mind, and my really incredibly awful habits. Later, I tried this relatively foreign concept of that thing they call… 'focusing'… and with Spotify closed, my phone in my bag, and a promise to myself to remain in the moment, I finished editing an essay I've been putting off.
As my sister scoffed, it's probably all common sense, but for some reason I feel like this book has already helped me. (