Too many people have formed this opinion that playing their best game requires them to revolutionalize their lives with multitasking and for this they have turned their lives upside down. You can do it but at the cost of quality. Have you ever wondered, why Apple products are simply best? Answer is quite simple because they have been crafted with lot of focus and attention.
Monotasking means focusing on one task at a time, and fulfilling it.
Interestingly in a research conducted the number one reason for wanting to work from home was to avoid distracting coworkers. I am a big admirer of mono-tasking. I have tried my hands in multitasking as well but failed to produce quality. Here is an brief interesting Ted talk by Paolo Cardini on the issue.
Its quite true, many products are created by the character focus on the simple things sometimes transformed into dominant among buyers and users.