Multitasking often gets a bad rap—and with good reason. Switching quickly between tasks only drains us of energy while making it nearly impossible to get anything useful done. That, however, doesn’t mean you can’t multitask over the long term. Just ask Charles Darwin, who spent time on and off between the writing of his famous books to do other things—like hang out with worms. Take a look here to see what Darwin can teach us about long-term multitasking and the boost it can give you creatively.
Charles Darwin can teach us a thing or two about boosting creativity
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