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Distraction / by Young, Damon.(CARDINAL)561125;
Subjects: Attention.; Distraction (Psychology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Stolen focus : why you can't pay attention--and how to think deeply again / by Hari, Johann,author.(CARDINAL)352308;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-330) and index.Walking in Memphis -- Cause one: the increase in speed, switching and filtering -- Cause two: the crippling of our flow states -- Cause three: the rise of physical and mental exhaustion -- Cause four: the collapse of sustained reading -- Cause five: the disruption of mind-wandering -- Cause six: the rise of technology that can track and manipulate you (Part one) -- Cause six: the rise of technology that can track and manipulate you (Part two) -- Cause seven: the rise of cruel optimism -- The first glimpses of the deeper solution -- Cause eight: the surge in stress and how it is triggering vigilance -- The places that figured out how to reverse the surge in speed and exhaustion -- Causes nine and ten: our deteriorating diets and rising pollution -- Cause eleven: the rise of ADHD and how we are responding to it -- Cause twelve: the confinement of our children, both physically and psychologically -- Attention rebellion."Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening-and how to get our attention back. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding it much harder to focus than he used to. He found that a life of constantly switching from device to device, from tab to tab, is diminishing and depressing. He tried all sorts of self-help solutions-even abandoning his phone for three months-but in the long-term, nothing seemed to work. So Hari went on an epic journey across the world to interview the leading experts on human attention and to study their scientific findings-and learned that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong. In the U.S., teenagers now focus on a task for only sixty-five seconds on average, and office workers manage only three minutes. We think this inability to focus is a personal flaw, an individual failure to exert enough willpower over our devices. The truth is even more disturbing: Our focus has been stolen by powerful external forces, and the science shows that these forces have been ramping up for decades-leaving us uniquely vulnerable, when social media arrived, to corporations determined to raid our attention for profit. These forces have been so successful that our collapse in attention is behind many of the wider problems society faces. In Stolen Focus, Hari embarks on a thrilling journey, taking readers from veterinarians who diagnose dogs with ADHD, to Silicon Valley dissidents who exposed social media companies' furtive attempts to hack our focus; from a favela in Rio where everyone lost their attention in a particularly catastrophic way, to an office in New Zealand that discovered a remarkable technique to restore their workers' attention. In this urgent, deeply researched book, Hari shows that if we understand the twelve true causes of this crisis-from the collapse of sustained reading to the disruption of boredom to rising pollution-we, as individuals and as a society, can finally begin to solve it by staging an "attention rebellion." Finally, we have a way to get our focus back."--
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Distraction (Psychology); Attention.;
Available copies: 31 / Total copies: 49
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Now is the way : an unconventional approach to modern mindfulness / by Allen, Cory,author.(CARDINAL)788533; Marcus, Aubrey,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)692340;
Through his popular podcast The Astral Hustle and online meditation course Release into Now, Cory Allen has helped thousands of people better cope with the stress of daily life through meditation, mindfulness, and mental clarity. With concise advice and profound simplicity, he manages to cut through the jargon and speak to people where they are, giving them the tools to live in "the wow of now." In this accessible and supportive guide, Allen walks readers through the basics of mindfulness--not as something you should do, but as a tool to achieve greater peace of mind, dial down anxiety and stress, and truly feel like yourself. Informed by a lifelong personal journey, as well as insights gathered through podcast interviews with leaders in mindfulness, neuroscience, and philosophy, Now Is the Way is a simple user's manual for living the life you want, one present moment at a time.
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Distraction (Psychology); Meditation.; Mindfulness (Psychology);
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Look : how to pay attention in a distracted world / by Madsbjerg, Christian,author.(CARDINAL)405181;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A fascinating exploration of how we pay attention that will transform the ways we connect with each other-at work, at home, and beyond. We've forgotten how to pay attention, Christian Madsbjerg says in his provocative new book. Listening carefully and observing intentionally are crucial human skills, yet we're not born knowing how to do them. And thanks to the ubiquity of social media, increasing social isolation, and the use of empty imagery and ideology as stand-ins for direct observation, we're losing our ability to interpret the world at a time when we desperately need to do that. Madsbjerg, a consultant and a professor at the New School, noticed this disturbing trend and in 2015 began to coteach a course on human observation called Human Observation. To his surprise, the course has been oversubscribed since the beginning, with hundreds of students-philosophy and business majors, undergrads and graduate students-signing up for it, and hundreds more on waiting lists. In this book, Madsbjerg argues that most of us are stuck in bad habits of looking at the world without truly seeing it, and he guides us through the key observational skills we need to explain how we can recapture our ability to truly pay attention-what he calls "the meta-skill of observation." Pulling from his own background and drawing examples from the arts, philosophy, and beyond, Madsbjerg has written a book of insight and practical wisdom that highlights how we can pay sharper attention to live with more empathy and connect better with others."--
Subjects: Attention.; Distraction (Psychology); Observation (Psychology);
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Wake up! : a handbook to living in the here and now : 54 playful strategies to help you snap out of autopilot / by Baréz-Brown, Chris,author.(CARDINAL)424610;
Subjects: Awareness.; Distraction (Psychology); Attention.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Indistractable : how to control your attention and choose your life / by Eyal, Nir,author.(CARDINAL)407928; Li, Julie(Contributor to Indistractable),author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268).Introduction : From hooked to indistractable -- What's your superpower? -- Being indistractable -- Master internal triggers. What motivates us, really? ; Time management is pain management ; Deal with distraction from within ; Reimagine the internal trigger ; Reimagine the task ; Reimagine your temperament -- Make time for traction. Turn your values into time ; Control the inputs, not the outcomes ; Schedule important relationships ; Sync with stakeholders at work -- Hack back external triggers. Ask the critical question ; Hack back work interruptions ; Hack back email ; Hack back group chat ; Hack back meetings ; Hack back your smartphone ; Hack back your desktop ; Hack back online articles ; Hack back feeds -- Prevent distraction with pacts. The power of precommitments ; Prevent distraction with effort pacts ; Prevent distraction with price pacts ; Prevent distraction with identity pacts -- How to make your workplace indistractable. Distraction is a sign of dysfunction ; Fixing distraction is a test of company culture ; The indistractable workplace -- How to raise indistractable children (and why we all need psychological nutrients). Avoid convenient excuses ; Understand their internal triggers ; Make time for traction together ; Help them with external triggers ; Teach them to make their own pacts -- How to have indistractable relationships. Spread social antibodies among friends ; Be an indistractable lover -- Chapter takeaways -- Schedule template -- Distraction tracker.You sit down at your desk to work on an important project, but a notification on your phone interrupts your morning. Later, as you're about to get back to work, a colleague taps you on the shoulder to chat. At home, screens get in the way of quality time with your family. Another day goes by, and once again, your most important personal and professional goals are put on hold. What would be possible if you followed through on your best intentions? What could you accomplish if you could stay focused and overcome distractions? What if you had the power to become "indistractable"?
Subjects: Distraction (Psychology); Attention.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Hyperfocus : how to be more productive in a world of distraction / by Bailey, Chris,1989-author.(CARDINAL)411211;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-232) and index.Why focus matters -- How to better focus on this book -- Part one. Hyperfocus -- Switching off autopilot mode -- The limits of your attention -- The power of hyperfocus -- Taming distractions -- Making hyperfocus a habit -- Part two. Scatterfocus -- Your brain's hidden creative mode -- Recharging your attention -- Connecting dots -- Collecting dots -- Working together."A practical guide to managing your attention--the most powerful resource you have to get stuff done, become more creative, and live a meaningful life Our attention has never been as overwhelmed as it is today. Many of us recognize that our brains struggle to multitask. Despite this, we feel compelled to do so anyway while we fill each moment of our lives to the brim with mindless distraction. Hyperfocus provides profound insights into how you can best take charge of your attention to achieve a greater sense of purpose and productivity throughout the day. The most recent neuroscientific research reveals that our brain has two powerful modes that can be unlocked when we use our attention effectively: a focused mode (hyperfocus), which is the foundation for being highly productive, and a creative mode (scatterfocus), which enables us to connect ideas in novel ways. Hyperfocus helps you access each of the two mental modes so you can concentrate more deeply, think more clearly, and work and live more deliberately every day. Chris Bailey examines such topics such as: * identifying and dealing with the four key types of distraction and interruption; * establishing a clear physical and mental environment in which to work; * controlling motivation and working fewer hours to become more productive; * taking time-outs with intention; * multitasking strategically ; and * learning when to pay attention and when to let your mind wander wherever it wants to. By transforming how you think about your attention, Hyperfocus reveals that the more effectively you learn to take charge of it, the better you'll be able to manage every aspect of your life."
Subjects: Attention.; Distraction (Psychology); Time management.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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Four seconds : all the time you need to stop counter-productive habits and get the results you want / by Bregman, Peter.(CARDINAL)502890;
Includes bibliographical references and index."All too often our best efforts to accomplish the things we want most--to do our jobs well, to make meaningful contributions at home and at work, to have satisfying relationships with loved ones, friends, neighbors, and coworkers--are built on bad habits that sabotage us. We feel overwhelmed by our increasingly large to-do list, so we automatically multitask to get more done--and end up more stressed and more overloaded. We say something with the hopes of impressing the other person, but instead of offend them--then spend days trying to repair the damage. We give what we think is a pep talk to our team-- but they walk away demotivated.How can we be most effective and productive in a world that moves too fast and demands so much of us?In Four Seconds, Peter Bregman shows that the answer is to pause for as few as four seconds--the length of a deep breath--to replace bad habits and reactions with more productive behaviors. In his trademark style of blending personal anecdotes with practical advice, Bregman reveals some of our most common counter-productive tendencies and describes counter-intuitive strategies for acting more intentionally, including: Why setting goals can actually harm your performance How to use strategic disengagement to recover focus and willpower Why listening--not arguing--is the best strategy for changing someone's mind How taking responsibility for someone else's failure can actually help you succeed Drawn from Bregman's hugely popular Harvard Business Review blog, this engaging and wise book provides simple solutions to create the results you want without the stress"--
Subjects: Self-actualization (Psychology); Distraction (Psychology); Decision making.; Success.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Hands free life : nine habits for overcoming distraction, living better, and loving more / by Stafford, Rachel Macy,1972-(CARDINAL)339413;
Subjects: Conduct of life.; Contentment.; Distraction (Psychology);
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6
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Hands free life [sound recording] / by Stafford, Rachel Macy,1972-author.(CARDINAL)339413; Draper, Jaimee,narrator.(CARDINAL)825333;
Read by Jaimee Draper.Outlines sustainable, gratitude-based habits that can enable people to reclaim their lives from demanding lifestyles regardless of beliefs or resources.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Conduct of life.; Contentment.; Distraction (Psychology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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