The Twelve Monotasks : Little, Brown Spark : 9781668603987 : 07 Dec 2021 : Return your focus to one familiar task at a time to reclaim your attention, productivity, and happiness. Neurological research definitively and repeatedly concludes that there is a bottleneck in our cognitive function ? when we do more than one thing at a time, we become less efficient and more error?prone. Our systems get overloaded and we crash. In fact, we are actually wired to monotask?to give dedicated focus to one task at a time.   Whether you call it monotasking, mindfulness, being present, or any other name, the goal is the same: Give your focus to one thing at a time and do it with your all. When we do things with our full focus, completely tuning our bodies and our brains in to one activity?like reading a book, listening to someone in a conversation, or paying attention to our surroundings while we go for a walk?amazing things can happen.   Drawing on research in psychology, neuroscience, and mindfuln