How to Improve Your Focus and Get More Done in Less Time (aka “Deep Work” book summary)

Do you ever feel unfocused and a bit antsy… when you should be working?

You have a To-Do List as long as your, er, arm. And even though part of you wants to get to work, other parts of you are doing everything they can to steal your attention.

And when you live in a distracting world, it’s easy to find something else to focus on.

If you look back at old books — even really old books, like Seneca’s “Letters From a Stoic” in which he writes,

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Seeing is Believing

Millennials may think they’re a different breed.

Perhaps, the reasoning goes, because they grew up in a distracting environment… their brains have adapted to the distractions of our fast paced world!

"Brained" by Jose, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
“Brained” by Jose, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

I frequently hear, “Maybe this generation is different!”

Attempts to outlaw competitive sports or bullying rely on that same flawed belief — that somehow humans are reaching a new level of consciousness. Finally.

For all the drum-beating about “Science!” it’s amazing to see how many people Continue reading “Seeing is Believing”