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The Greg McKeown Podcast

171. Protecting Your Peak Attention Windows with Dr. Gloria Mark (Part 1)

The Greg McKeown Podcast

Greg McKeown

Self-improvement, Business, Education

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Everyone is distracted by technology, and all of us have experienced this sense that our level of distraction is increasing. Even the speed with which we move from website to website, from app to app seems to be increasing in pace. And there's lots of people out there willing to talk about what we should do and how we can improve. But very few of those people have the data to help us think through this problem and what to do about it with precision. That's why I've invited Dr. Gloria Mark onto the podcast today. Dr. Mark has spent 30 years studying attention and the relationship between humans and technology. She's published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers, so the difference when she speaks, even when she says things that sound like you've heard them before, is that she has a detail and a data-driven perspective behind what is being said. In other words, she's more credible, she's more accurate, and it really is a pleasure to have her. By the end of this episode, you'll be able to establish and protect your peak attention windows of opportunity. Learn more from Dr. Mark here: https://gloriamark.com/ Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com

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0:00.0

Welcome, I'm your host, Greg McEwan, and I'm here with you on this journey to learn.

0:10.6

Everyone is distracted by technology.

0:14.2

Everyone is distracted by things other than technology.

0:18.1

And all of us have experienced this sense that our level of distraction is increasing.

0:25.0

And the speed with which we move from website to website, from app to app, seems to be increasing

0:32.8

in pace.

0:33.8

And there's lots of people out there willing to talk about what we should do and how

0:38.0

we can improve.

0:39.6

But very few of those people have the data to help us think through this problem and

0:46.0

what to do about it with precision.

0:48.7

And that's why I've invited Dr. Gloria Mark onto the podcast today.

0:52.8

Dr. Mark has spent 30 years studying, attention, and the relationship between humans and technology.

1:01.7

She's published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers, so the difference when she speaks, even

1:08.3

when she says things that sound like you've heard them before, is that she has a detail

1:14.6

and a data-driven perspective behind what is being said.

1:19.0

In other words, she's more credible, she's more accurate, and it really is a pleasure

1:23.6

to have her.

1:24.6

By the end of this episode, you will be able to establish and protect your peak attention

1:31.1

windows of opportunity.

1:33.0

Let's go.

1:55.0

Remember that if you want to get more out of each episode, take a moment to share something

2:00.9

that you have learned that has impacted you with someone else within the next 24 to 48

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