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**A COSMOPOLITAN BEST NEW NON-FICTION BOOK TO ADD TO YOUR TBR IN
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**A "NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB" MUST-READ BOOK FOR JANUARY****
Rediscover your ability to pay attention with this groundbreaking new
approach from "the definitive expert on distraction and multitasking"
(Cal Newport).
We spend an average of just 47 seconds on any screen before shifting our
attention. It takes 25 minutes to bring our attention back to a task
after an interruption. And we interrupt ourselves more than we're
interrupted by others.
In Attention Span, psychologist Gloria Mark reveals these and more
surprising results from her decades of research into how technology
affects our attention. She shows how much of what we think we know is
wrong, including insights such as:
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Why multitasking hurts rather than helps productivity
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How social media and modern entertainment amplify our short attention
spans
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What drains our mental resources and how to refuel them
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The four types of attention that we experience every day and how to
recognize them
While the concept of "flow" has previously been considered the ideal
state of focus, Dr. Mark offers a new framework to help explain how our
brains function in the digital world: kinetic attention. This book
reveals how we can take control, not only to find more success in our
careers, but also to find health and wellness in our everyday lives.
