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354: The dangers of multitasking & how to stop | Entrepreneur & cancer survivor Thatcher Wine

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.52.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Thatcher Wine: “Can you sit with a little bit of boredom and curiosity about the world instead of needing to be doing another thing at the same time?” Wine, an author, entrepreneur, and cancer survivor, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss the health benefits of monotasking, plus: - How to know if you're reading wrong (11:24) - How to become a better listener (19:02) - Why you should built a pillow fort for better sleep (22:56) - How to cultivate the art of conversation (28:32) - How slowing down can optimize your health (32:42) Referenced in the episode: - Wine's book, The Twelve Monotasks. - Juniper Books. - mbg article on how to set yourself up for high-quality sleep. Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Thatcher Wine is a successful entrepreneur, dedicated father, and cancer survivor.

0:07.7

He's a founder and CEO of Juniper Books, a company based in Boulder, Colorado that specializes

0:12.6

in custom curated libraries and designing special edition book sets.

0:17.9

Thatcher's work is a feature of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, architectural

0:22.0

digest, L.D.Core, New York Magazine on CBS Sunday morning and numerous other media outlets.

0:29.1

And today, we're going to chat about his exciting new book titled The 12 Monotasts.

0:35.9

Do one thing at a time to do everything better.

0:41.6

Thatcher, welcome.

0:43.6

Thanks for having me.

0:44.6

It's pleasure to be here.

0:45.6

I love your book.

0:47.2

It's such an interesting concept.

0:49.6

I think we all could benefit from this particular concept of monotasking, and the title is

0:56.1

The 12 Monotasts.

0:58.5

So like every great journey for our guests on my buddy Green, there's usually a health

1:04.0

journey.

1:05.0

And you had a pretty serious health journey.

1:07.2

So let's start there and talk about your journey and how it led you to writing this

1:12.9

book.

1:13.9

Yeah, so a few years ago, I'd always considered myself a pretty healthy person, very active.

1:20.3

But I had this longstanding issue with headaches, chronic headaches, and I didn't know where

1:24.8

they came from.

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