# Single-Minded Devotion to a Task —zen habits

<https://zenhabits.net/single-minded/>

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- Saved: August 29, 2017 (2017-08-30T02:22:48Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

Constant fractional attention is a real problem. I think back to research I read years ago suggesting that attempting to multitask alters your thought patterns to force you to. But then I forgot what I was thinking about. 🙃

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT17: Weekly Thing for September 2, 2017](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/17/), Links 📌

## Same host

- [Letting Go of Distractions](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ebb85b4e1800/) (zenhabits.net, February 11, 2017)
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- [10 Reasons Why We Don’t Stick to Things : zen habits](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2d4110bf6b21/) (zenhabits.net, December 15, 2017)

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