Concentrating on a Single Task Multitasking Makes achieving flow more likely Makes achieving flow impossible Increases productivity Decreases productivity by 60 percent (though it doesn’t seem to) Increases our power of retention Makes it harder to remember things Makes us less likely to make mistakes Makes us more likely to make mistakes Helps us feel calm and in control of the task at hand Makes us feel stressed by the sensation that we’re losing control, that our tasks are controlling us Causes us to become more considerate as we pay full attention to those around us Causes us to hurt those
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