Thatcher Wine, THE TWELVE MONOTASKS: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Author of For the Love of Books and founder of Juniper Books Thatcher Wine returns to talk with Zibby about his latest book, The Twelve Monotasks, which encourages readers to ditch their multitasking habits. The two discuss the finer points of what it means to monotask, how Zibby has incorporated it into her work ethic, and which chapters of this book have received the most positive feedback from readers. Thatcher also shares how he learned the power of monotasking firsthand as he battled cancer and why the pandemic actually helped companies like his.

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0:23.8	Hi, this is Vivi Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast. Moms don't have time to read books. And speaking of books, I have two of my own books coming out this spring and summer. Princess Charming is a picture book, which debuts on April 19th. And Bookends, a memoir of love, loss, and literature comes out on July 1st, and it is truly a labor of love. I hope you'll pre-order, order, and join me on tour as I go across the country.
0:28.5	You can find out more at zibbyowens.com or bookendsmemoir.com.
0:34.3	And you can follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens because I always post about everything. Enjoy the show.
0:41.2	Thatcher Wine is the author of the 12 monotasks, do one thing at a time to do everything better.
0:46.9	Thatcher is the founder and CEO of Juniper Books, a company based in Boulder, Colorado,
0:51.3	that specializes in custom curatedcreated libraries and beautifully designed
0:54.4	book sets. Thatcher has long been an advocate for reading as a form of self-care and a means to
0:59.1	build focus in the digital age concepts that form part of the foundation of his latest book,
1:04.6	The Twelve Monotasks. His monotasking philosophy took shape as he grew Juniper books and
1:09.3	weathered numerous personal challenges,
1:11.2	including a life-threatening cancer diagnosis four years ago. The 12 monotasks combines
1:16.4	Thatcher's personal experience with research into neuroscience, productivity, and mindfulness.
1:21.9	Welcome, Thatcher. Thanks so much for coming back on moms. Don't have time to read books
1:25.7	to discuss the 12 monotasks. Do one thing at a time to do everything better.
1:32.0	I'm happy to be back. Thanks for having me. Of course. I love the whole idea behind this book. I loved all the different
1:38.9	tips and tricks and ways of thinking about, you know, I'm always focused on how to be most efficient.
1:46.0	So I was like eating this up. Anyway, tell listeners a little bit about your theory, why we should
1:52.6	do one thing at a time, and all of that. So the book is all about monotasking and monotasking is all
1:58.6	about doing one thing at a time and sounds like a great idea
2:02.3	what do we tend to do most of the time is multitasking so that's probably what we're more
2:07.5	familiar with we've been kind of encouraged to multitask for for decades now and our devices make
2:13.8	us think we're good at it and enable us to do it. So multitasking is really,
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