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🗓️ 28 October 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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In this episode, we're tackling burnout and attention overload with Professor Gloria Mark from UC Irvine. Ever feel like you’re drowning in distractions—from Slack messages and emails to the endless scroll of social media? Professor Mark helps us break down the science behind why our focus is constantly slipping and what’s driving us to the brink of exhaustion. We dig into everything from the myth of multitasking to why our attention spans are shorter than ever. Plus, we get some practical strategies to reclaim your day, your mental clarity, and your energy. Don't miss this one—it's time to reset, refocus, and finally take control.
Professor Mark's Book: Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity.
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0:00.0 | If you're feeling tired, distracted, and burned out, I have some great news for you. |
0:07.0 | We are finally doing an episode just to help you. |
0:12.0 | That's me, you know. |
0:13.1 | Finally, you picked a topic for me. |
0:15.2 | Eddie, actually, I picked this topic for the both of us, okay? |
0:19.5 | Because let's face it, |
0:20.7 | burnout is an all too common problem these days. I feel like everybody's burned out between social media, work, email, slack. |
0:27.7 | It just feels like interruptions are everywhere and everything is distracting us constantly. |
0:31.6 | You know, I hear it from so many people, they say, |
0:33.8 | I say, how are you doing? |
0:34.6 | They go like, other than running on empty, |
0:36.6 | I'm actually pretty good. |
0:37.7 | Like, I'm trying to jugg it all without even refilling the tank. |
0:41.7 | Like, how do you do that? Even in the past eight years I feel like my attention span has gotten so much worse |
0:47.7 | between Tik-Tok and scrolling from my Instagram to my email back to my Tik-Tock back to my |
0:53.6 | Instagram back to my email I feel like literally I cannot focus for more than five |
0:57.8 | I'm sorry what were you saying oh yes attention yes attention you know you not paying attention to me I just Yes, attention, yes, attention. |
1:02.8 | You know, you know. |
1:04.6 | I just want to add three kids into that. |
1:07.3 | Oh my goodness. |
1:09.2 | My lasting memory is just constant interruptions for the best of reasons but just years of like |
1:17.1 | dad can I like can I get your attention you. Oh my goodness. I don't know how you've done all the things you've not. |
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