This is the fundamental structure of the brain and it’s not going to change. We’re extremely single-minded, and we have very limited cognitive capacity. Your brain can only produce one or two thoughts in your conscious mind at once. In Stolen Focus, Hari breaks down these issues based on his research findings and arguments and teaches us how to improve our ability to pay attention and restore our productivity. Johann Hari found twelve deep causes of this crisis. You want to set up a business, but your life dissolves into a blur of Facebook posts that only make you feel more anxious. You want to spend a few uninterrupted hours with your child, but you keep checking your email to see if your boss is messaging you. You want to read a book, but you are pulled away by the pings and paranoias of social media. When you are unable to pay sustained attention you can’t achieve the things you want to achieve. But there never seems to be enough stillness or cool and clear space for you to stop and think. If you’re getting interrupted while focusing on something, on average, it takes 23 minutes for you to get back into a state of focus. Stolen Focus is a guide that can help us reclaim our focus – whether as individuals or as a society.
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