460: Find Focus and Fight Distraction with Dr. Gloria Mark
Read to Lead Podcast
Jeff Brown
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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A few weeks ago here on the podcast, I teased six books you should make it a priority to read in 2023, all of which are set to release within the first six months of the year. I also mentioned that I hoped to successfully invite each of these authors on to talk about their […]
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Read to Lead podcast episode 460. |
| 0:04.1 | Wait, I'm confused about the movie. |
| 0:06.5 | So the cops knew that internal affairs was setting them up? |
| 0:10.5 | What are you talking about? |
| 0:11.7 | There's nothing like that in there. |
| 0:13.2 | You see, when I get bored, I make up my own movie. |
| 0:15.3 | I have a very short attention span. |
| 0:17.0 | But our point is very simple. |
| 0:18.6 | You see when... |
| 0:19.2 | Oh, look, a bird! |
| 0:20.2 | He, he. |
| 0:20.9 | It manages interference of things that are irrelevant. |
| 0:36.6 | It really helps us to focus. Basically, it helps |
| 0:41.0 | restrain us from responding to distractions. We spend an average of just 45 seconds on any |
| 0:47.9 | screen before shifting our attention. It takes 25 minutes to bring our attention back to a task |
| 0:52.8 | after an interruption, and we interrupt |
| 0:54.9 | ourselves more than we're interrupted by others. |
| 0:57.9 | Hi there. |
| 0:58.2 | I'm Jeff, and this is the Read to Lead podcast, the podcast dedicated to your personal and |
| 1:03.1 | professional growth, where I believe that if you want to achieve true success in your business |
| 1:07.7 | and in your life, intentional and consistent reading is a must, followed by |
| 1:12.4 | putting that knowledge into action. Remember, that's what we talk about in note-making mastery. |
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