BITESIZE | How to Fix Your Focus to Achieve Your Goals in 2023 | Johann Hari #323

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

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🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Our ability to focus and pay attention plays a crucial role in every aspect of our life: reaching our goals, maintaining close relationships, thinking deeply, as well as our ability to be kind, compassionate and empathetic. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 228 of the podcast with the brilliant Johann Hari, author of the book ‘Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention’. In this clip, Johann explains how our attention is being stolen and shares some steps that we can take to get it back. Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore. For other podcast platforms go to https://fblm.supercast.com. Thanks to our sponsor http://www.athleticgreens.com/livemore Show notes and the full podcast are available at drchatterjee.com/228 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:10.1	Welcome to Feel Better Live More bite size, your weekly dose of positivity and optimism to get you ready for the weekend.
1:19.9	Today's Clop is from episode 228 of the podcast with a brilliant Johann Harri, author of the book Stolen Focus, Why You Can't Pay Attention.
1:31.4	Now, our ability to focus and pay attention is at the heart of living a happy and meaningful
1:37.2	life. In this clip, Johann explains how our attention is being stolen and shares some steps
1:43.1	that we can take to start getting it back.
1:50.2	Our ability to focus and put our attention where we want it to be, I think it's literally what underpins our experience of being human,
2:05.6	our relationships, our passions, our hobbies, our interactions with others, our ability to know
2:11.9	who we are. We need focus. Do we able to do that? Yet focus is something that very few of us have in the way that
2:21.8	we would ideally want. I think that's so important. The more I looked at this, the more I realized,
2:27.3	this is the foundational issue. If we don't deal with this, we can't deal with anything else.
2:32.4	If you can't pay attention, you can't achieve your goals in life.
2:35.5	If anyone thinks about a time you've achieved a goal, right, whether it was being a good
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