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#1

“Your devices are very powerful in their ability to help you create, but they can also become sources of distraction and wasted time. During your creative time, turn off notifications and close apps and windows that are not essential to your creative work. Advertisers and other companies want you to pay attention to their creative ideas — instead, cultivate the ability to resist them and redirect your attention to monotasking your creative ideas.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: advertising, creativity-quotes, devices, distractions, monotasking, technology-addiction

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#2

“We’ve often been taught that if we truly want to get somewhere in our lives, we have to work hard and stay focused on our goals. But what if the best way to get from Point A to Point B is to detour to rest stops much more frequently?”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: hobbies, life-skills, monotask, monotasking, play, playing, refresh, slow-down, time-off

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#3

“One of the great things about teaching is how difficult it is to multitask while doing it. Like reading, teaching requires your full focus — I consider that a feature, not a flaw. When things are hard to multitask, that means they require effort and attention, which is a good thing. We have to pay attention, bring our full focus to teaching, and then we can do it well.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: classroom, monotask, monotasking, students, teach, teachers, teachers-and-learners, teaching, teaching-quotes

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#4

“The primary goal of monotasking getting there is to arrive safely, pure and simple. It’s highly likely that the greatest risk in the average person’s day is concentrated around the times that they are in transit from one place to another.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: driving, getting-there, monotask, monotasking, safety, texting-and-driving, travel

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#5

“Learning new skills is one way we can rewrite the story of our lives. Whether it is to pursue a different career, for our own intellectual curiosity, or to strengthen our ability to focus, monotasking learning can be very rewarding.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: learn-better, learning, learning-quotes, lifelong-learner, lifelong-learning, monotask, monotasking

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#6

“The challenge of being a good listener is not a new problem, but technology makes it easier to cover it up. We can be on the phone or in a meeting, and keep up just enough, saying the right thing at the right time, while being engaged in something else on our devices.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: digital-age, listen, listening, monotasking, technology-addiction

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#7

“Remember that you are never wasting time while you read. It’s not always about the content or material you read. The simple act of reading, no matter what you read, focuses your attention and is valuable in and of itself.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: reading, reading-books, reading-habits

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#8

“One of the reasons it is especially tempting to multitask while thinking is because no one can see you thinking. You do it in your brain, and so it’s your own little secret that you are thinking while doing something else.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: multitasking, private-thoughts, thinking

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#9

“Now, more than ever, I believe that the antidote to our ever-expanding to-do lists, the distractions of modern life, and the fragmentation of our attention is to do one thing at a time. Once we realize that we are the ones who control our own attention, we can choose where to apply it.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: attention, distractions, multitasking

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#10

“In recent years, the lives we live seem to be getting busier and busier. Technology has increasingly made its way into every part of our existence — nearly everyone has powerful smartphones in their hands, pockets, or somewhere close. Economic and societal pressure has increased the need, or at least the perception, that we should always be doing and striving for more.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: attention-economy, productivity, smartphones, technology-addiction

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#11

“Our devices don’t have feelings (yet!) — if they did, they would be equivalent to the needy narcissistic partner for whom no amount of attention is ever enough. They superficially appear to care about you, give you just enough positive feedback to keep you interested in them, but never genuinely ask how you feel about your relation- ship. You doubt that you should get more serious, but it’s too easy to stay.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: attention-economy, devices, smartphones, technology-addiction

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#12

“Just a short time ago, reading a book was a part of our natural rhythm, an inclination to find the quiet within the chaos. When we had a few minutes to spare, we often turned to a book. In fact, we yearn for this core sense of peace because we viscerally recognize it. And we have the freedom to claim it, to lean into the quiet and pick up a book. To claim this—to slow down and settle in with a story—this becomes a radical act of self-care. Reading is self-care.

As human beings living in a digital age, time-starved and rushing around, printed books are reminders of the time we once had, the time we want to have, and the time we hope to have.

Printed books quell the chaos. Printed books make us feel comfortable and make us feel like everything is going to be OK.”
― Thatcher Wine

tags: reading, reading-books, reading-quotes

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#13

“It’s fun to have hobbies, to exercise and get in shape, to play music, and to make and fix things. Life is interesting — there is so much to do that generally we don’t have enough time to do it all.

Monotasking can help us give our hobbies and physical activities more focused attention so that we enjoy them more and maybe get better at them, too. Whether we are playing, learning, teaching, creating, or traveling, we can monotask in order to maximize our happiness and fun.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: focus, hobbies, interests, sports

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#14

“Reading is a particularly effective counterbalance to many of the negative effects of other forms of entertainment we consume... Holding a book in your hands and slowing down to read offers an antidote to digital overload.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: digital-age, quiet-time, read, reading, reading-habits

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#15

“When we take a monotasking approach to our walks, including the preparation that happens before we put our shoes on or go outside, we can come up with creative solutions. Walking inside is one option—plan a route through your home, walk in the hallways or stairwells where you live or work, or use the space of a nearby mall or shopping center to walk. Safety concerns may be overcome by walking with friends, taking daytime walks on your day off, or taking a trip to a well-populated and brightly lit destination. Many of these approaches will create distractions of their own but that will encourage you to elevate your monotasking.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: hiking, monotask, monotasking, walk, walking

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#16

“For most of us, the act of walking itself is simple, but that’s precisely the challenge. Simple tasks in our multitasking world can be among the hardest to do without giving in to the temptation of doing something else at the same time.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: attention, focus, monotask, monotasking, multitasking, walk, walking

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#17

“I like trains and the romance of traveling by train. When you travel by train, you can’t go wherever you want to go; you have to stay on the train tracks (aka rails) and follow where they run.

When you don’t have a choice of things to do or places to go, the decision to monotask is much easier. Therefore, I like to remind myself to Sleep on rails. Riding the rails (in the comfort of my own bed of course) from one point to another keeps me focused on sleep and prevents me from taking any side trips during the night.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: focus, monotask, monotasking, sleep, sleeping, sleeping-habits, sleeping-well, trains

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#18

“You may need to have difficult conversations with your partner about what you need to get a good night's sleep. This may include sleeping in different rooms if snoring or tossing and turning is waking you up. It may also include agreements not to argue or discuss difficult topics before bedtime. You should also talk about sex and try to agree on what time of day is best for both of you to get more sleep—this doesn’t sound that romantic but for a healthy, stable relationship, it’s incredibly important.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: monotask, monotasking, relationships, sex, sleeping, sleeping-well, sleepless-nights

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#19

“Without good sleep we’re not able to operate at our best, and yet, when it comes right down to it, we typically do a lot more to stay awake than we do to get the sleep we need.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: caffeine, late-nights, rest, sleep, sleeping, sleeping-well

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#20

“When we sit down to eat at home, it’s really easy to add another task, such as watching TV or reading. We can be so busy that we don’t even bother to sit down or take our food out of its container.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: breakfast, dinner, eating, lunch, meals, mindful-living, mindfulness, monotask, restaurants

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#21

“Time spent eating is time well spent. Besides improving digestion by eating more slowly and mindfully, we can pay attention to whether we are eating too much or too little, and what are the right foods for us. The more mindful we are of our meals, the healthier we can become.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: dieting, eating, eating-habits, mindfulness-practice, monotask, monotasking, slow-down

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#22

“If your family has gotten used to having devices at the table, it can be difficult to break the cycle... Find a starting point that works for you and use it as an opportunity to reset the relationship between meals and devices.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: children, devices, monotask, monotasking, restaurants, smartphones, technology-addiction, teenagers

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#23

“Perhaps counterintuitively, monotasking getting there can also help improve our social relationships. We think we should respond to messages from friends and family as quickly as possible—but strong friendships are generally based on qualities deeper than response time. Overall responsiveness is important, but good friends should be patient, appreciate your full attention when you have it to give, and value your safety and that of others around you.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: driving, journey, monotask, monotasking, texting-and-driving, traveling

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#24

“Our eyes are the portal into our brains for most of the information that we take in. Those who profit from our attention — including advertisers, media companies, and app designers — know this, and so there are a lot of forces vying for our eyeballs at all times.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: advertising, attention, mindfulness, overload, overstimulation, seeing

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#25

“In the 1970s, the average American was exposed to about five hundred ads a day between billboards, television, radio, and print. Today, digital marketing experts estimate that the number is closer to ten thousand ads per day — and those ads are increasingly “micro- targeted” to us based on a huge amount of data that companies possess about our habits and interests.

We can’t possibly see ten thousand ads a day and process them all. Advertisers have to get more creative about how to get our attention. Their goal is to create ads that we really do “see,” and ideally take action from. Once we get used to one type of ad, we might tune them out, so advertisers work to capture our eyeballs (and our wallets) in new and different ways.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: advertising, digital-age, distraction-quotes, monotasking, overstimulation

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#26

“When babies are born, they can typically only focus on objects eight to twelve inches in front of them. Their eye muscles strengthen and improve quickly so that they can see and take in more of the world through their eyes.
I find it somewhat ironic that most of the human race now spends so much time staring at objects — phones and tablets — eight to twelve inches in front of our faces. Perhaps we all just want to return to our childhood?”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: babies, child-development, childhood, devices, digital-age, distraction-quotes, monotasking, seeing

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#27

“Look for opportunities to multitask in a positive way, such as doing something creative alongside your kids while they do their homework — you will still be parenting, and they will see you as a good role model and creative inspiration.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: creativity-quotes, multitasking, parenting-quotes, role-model

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#28

“There are currently 3.5 billion smartphone users in the world. Pretty much every one of those phones does something for its owner that they used to do for themselves. Before all the apps, algorithms, and websites we have today, we used our brains to do things like remembering and recalling (phone numbers, calendar events, and other facts). We also figured out how to get places without GPS and we made more of our own decisions about what to buy instead of clicking on ads and making impulse purchases. While there certainly are benefits to having tech- nology take care of many of our needs, we should be aware of what we might be losing. What types of thinking are we no longer doing on our own? Are there unintended consequences to letting computers (and the corporations behind them) do so much of our thinking?”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: digital-age, mindfulness-quotes, monotasking, overstimulation, smartphone-addiction, smartphones, technology-quotes

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#29

“We think about going to the gym while we are at work. We think about work while exercising at the gym. We think about the errands we need to run while socializing with friends. We think about socializing with friends while running errands. There are many times where our body may be in one place, but our mind is elsewhere. These are internally driven multitasking distractions. Some are harmless, but when we choose to monotask, we can do everything better.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: distraction, mindfulness-practice, mindfulness-quotes, multitasking, present-moment, present-moment-awareness, present-moment-quotes

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#30

“Sometimes we make bad decisions when we are in a rush or not paying attention. If we can monotask thinking and really pay attention, we can think things through and arrive at better decisions most of the time. Well-thought-out decisions tend to be healthier, more considerate of others, and generally better for everyone in the long run.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

tags: attention, decision-making, decision-making-quotes, focus, monotask, rushed-work, rushing-things, thinking-quotes

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