Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2024-09-05
Books mentioned on 601. Multitasking Doesn’t Work. So Why Do We Keep Trying?
Only a tiny number of “supertaskers” are capable of doing two things at once. The rest of us are just making ourselves miserable, and less productive.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Deep Work
Deep Work by Cal Newport is a guide to cultivating focused success and eliminating distractions in an increasingly hyper-connected world.
Discussed“There are approximately one billion podcasts and books that tell you how to create the environment to do deep work. That alone tells us how distracting many of our environments have become.”
Where to get it
