Term

multitasking

Trying to do several things at once, or switching quickly between them.

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life, Héctor García, Francesc Miralles

Explained in

• Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life, Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
• The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results, Gary Keller, Jay Papasan

  Trying to do several things at the same time. In reality attention switches quickly from one to the other, and every switch has a cost.

• Manage Your Day-to-Day, Jocelyn K. Glei (ed.), 99U

  Trying to do several things at once. In reality the brain does not work in parallel: it switches quickly and loses time at every switch.

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