How can we become more productive without working even more than we already do? Or the other way around: How can we be just as productive as before with less work?
Productivity expert and best-selling author of “The Productivity Project,” Chris Bailey, provides an answer in his second book, “Hyperfocus”: We need to better manage our most powerful resource – our attention.
For one thing, we must direct it to our most important task and solve it with complete concentration (“hyperfocus”). The author provides numerous strategies for both identifying the most crucial task and working with focus, such as
In other moments, we should consciously let our attention wander (“scatterfocus”). That allows us to recover from periods of hyperfocus and let our brains be creative, linking ideas and developing new ones.
Sufficient sleep and exercise, a healthy diet, and meditation also help us control our attention better.
The book is full of practical tips suitable for everyday use, which you can best try out for yourself and put together into a personal concept. The book is easy to read and a recommendation for anyone who wants to do more of what is important to them in a world full of distractions.
🎧 Suitable as an audiobook? Yes, and it is narrated by the author himself.
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