How to Reclaim Stolen Focus | Spotlight Convo
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Are you constantly losing focus and wonder why you can't reel it back in? In today's special compilation episode, explore the enigmatic world of attention and focus, an issue we all grapple with in our fast-paced lives. Uncover insights that could transform the way you approach your daily tasks and long-term goals.
- Johann Hari's Odyssey: A revealing journey across America, unearthing the secret forces manipulating our attention.
- Gloria Mark's Studies: A neuroscientist's in-depth look at attention spans and habits, offering unprecedented insights.
- Gretchen Rubin's Tendencies: Explore the four tendencies that shape our response to expectations, aiding in harnessing attention and action.
This episode will make you rethink how you engage with your surroundings and shed light on unseen patterns that determine how we focus. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by distractions, join us in exploring the groundbreaking perspectives shared in this episode. Dive in, take control, and spark new possibilities for your unique attention. Unlock the mysteries of your mind with insights that could change your life. Don't miss this enlightening exploration!
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| 0:00.0 | We need an attention movement to reclaim our minds and I absolutely believe we can do that. |
| 0:05.1 | We don't have to tolerate this. We don't have to accept our minds and our children's minds |
| 0:11.9 | being diminished in the way that they are right now. Right? These are relatively recent changes. |
| 0:17.0 | They are not acts of God. They're not magic. They're things that have been done by humans and they're |
| 0:22.9 | things that can be undone by humans. But this won't happen by accident. |
| 0:26.9 | So have you ever felt yourself getting pulled in a dozen directions at once, |
| 0:33.1 | struggling to focus on any one thing fully? Kind of like your attention and focus was just |
| 0:38.1 | a stretched rubber band about to snap. On the surface, our lives seem faster and |
| 0:43.8 | busier than ever before. But could there be deeper forces influencing our ability to really |
| 0:48.8 | home in on what matters to go deep to be present and do good work without feeling constantly |
| 0:55.1 | fragmented and fractured? I know I have lost count of the time that I've looked up from my phone |
| 1:00.1 | only to wonder where did the last few hours go? Or try to multitask my way through meetings or emails |
| 1:07.0 | even though I know you shouldn't be doing that, surfacing with just this hazy memory of what just |
| 1:12.3 | happened or maybe felt the whim of notifications or alerts pulled away from what really lights you up. |
| 1:17.6 | We have all experienced moments where our attention feels almost uncontrollably scattered and we |
| 1:23.6 | just can't really back in. So what determines how we focused? Why some things grab us while |
| 1:29.6 | others slip by? And maybe what are the hidden forces influencing our distracted days? These are |
| 1:36.2 | the puzzles I have long sought to solve. And in today's powerful compilation episode, we're doing |
| 1:41.7 | a deep dive on focus and attention, sharing selections from wide-ranging conversations with three |
| 1:47.6 | really groundbreaking thinkers who have cracked open the mysteries of attention and focus from |
| 1:52.4 | different angles. Johan Hari delves into the revelations that set him on an odyssey to uncover |
| 1:58.7 | the truth about the forces that are often manipulating our focus in ways we never realized. |
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