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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
A nice read with a number of useful tips on how to help your mind reach hyperfocus: get rid of distractions, notifications on your mobile devices, make sure to work in a clean, tidy environment, be intentional as to what you want to accomplish and check at regular intervals if you are still focused. You can read similar advice in many other books. The second part of the book however is more original as it explores 'scatterfocus': the deliberate decision NOT to focus, and make room for creative or problem-solving thoughts. The book is a good reminder not to spend too much time on auto-pilot, constantly reacting to all sorts of stimuli that detract us from creative thinking and from focusing on the things we really want to achieve.
Blinks:
1. Train yourself to enjoy hyperfocus more. Make your chores more compelling and enjoy that focus. Don't multitask and focus on one thing at a time. Remove distractions
2. Meta-awareness and intentional focus are key to managing your attention. Intentional focus is key.
3. Achieve hyperfocus by ridding your environment of distractions.
4. Scatterfocus helps you plan and think creatively. Daydreaming and a wandering mind can help you in future planning.
5. Use scatterfocus to connect the dots between seemingly unrelated bits of information.
6. Nourish your mind to make the most scatterfocus.
1. Train yourself to enjoy hyperfocus more. Make your chores more compelling and enjoy that focus. Don't multitask and focus on one thing at a time. Remove distractions
2. Meta-awareness and intentional focus are key to managing your attention. Intentional focus is key.
3. Achieve hyperfocus by ridding your environment of distractions.
4. Scatterfocus helps you plan and think creatively. Daydreaming and a wandering mind can help you in future planning.
5. Use scatterfocus to connect the dots between seemingly unrelated bits of information.
6. Nourish your mind to make the most scatterfocus.
informative
reflective
[3.5 stars] In general, I really, really do not enjoy self-help books. But I'll save my rant about that for another time. Since productivity literature is genuinely interesting to me (including non-productivity literature - see: Professor John Perry's productive procrastination writings), I decided to give this book a go.
It's a solid 3-4 stars, probably leaning more toward a 3. It's not a book to rave about (again, I'm not a fan of the genre), but it gives good, commonsense advice. And as the author himself points out, commonsense doesn't automatically mean commonly practiced.
It's a 200 page book that I finished in two sittings, and it actually did prompt more meta-awareness of my distracting habits. It's too early to tell how much this book will actually inspire me to expand my attentional space and achieve more productivity in the long run, but so far, the effects have been noticeable. For example, whenever I hear my phone vibrate, I no longer make an instinctive dive for it. I actually find myself practicing more self-control and resisting the urge to check my phone. For someone who is very much addicted to social media notifications, this is a revolutionary adjustment.
It's a solid 3-4 stars, probably leaning more toward a 3. It's not a book to rave about (again, I'm not a fan of the genre), but it gives good, commonsense advice. And as the author himself points out, commonsense doesn't automatically mean commonly practiced.
It's a 200 page book that I finished in two sittings, and it actually did prompt more meta-awareness of my distracting habits. It's too early to tell how much this book will actually inspire me to expand my attentional space and achieve more productivity in the long run, but so far, the effects have been noticeable. For example, whenever I hear my phone vibrate, I no longer make an instinctive dive for it. I actually find myself practicing more self-control and resisting the urge to check my phone. For someone who is very much addicted to social media notifications, this is a revolutionary adjustment.
Lots of tips and tricks. Although felt like a lot of info could have been condensed down for a slimmer book.
challenging
informative
medium-paced
I liked it, good read and interesting tips but also not the best I've ever read but that's only reasonable given the great amount of self help books that exist nowadays. I do recommend though.
Its interesting to read more about attention and how it works and I definitely enjoyed the scatterfocus part. I am looking forward to practice some of the ideas of enhancing this modus.
Its interesting to read more about attention and how it works and I definitely enjoyed the scatterfocus part. I am looking forward to practice some of the ideas of enhancing this modus.
Some great tips on how to effectively focus, and surprising advice on letting your mind wander. Could’ve been a bit shorter, but has some great tips and lessons to keep with you.
I hate to say this but I found it to be a really boring book. I read it with religious seriousness at first but it really just wasn't captivating and I ended up mostly skimming through
For me, this book was a dud. I don’t think I’ve paid less attention to a book in a good while, sad to say given its topic. There wasn’t really anything good in it that I didn’t already know from experience. And there were lots of suggestions that were dubious. It was especially offputting to be recommended caffeine.