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Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction
by Chris Bailey
[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.