Your Attention Is Being Hijacked. Here’s How to Take It Back.

Your Attention Is Being Hijacked. Here’s How to Take It Back.

Does this sound familiar: You sit down to do some real focused work, and within minutes you’ve checked your phone, opened three browser tabs, and mentally planned your lunch — all without realizing it. Our attention doesn’t just wander anymore. It’s being quietly, relentlessly pulled apart by a world designed to fragment it, and most of us have forgotten what real focus even feels like. Zelana Montminy is a behavioral scientist who advises Fortune 500 companies and her new book is called Finding Focus: OwnYour Attention in an Age of Distraction. 📚 Get a signed copy of Brené Brown's new book, Strong Ground when you sign up for an annual subscription to the Next Big Idea Club. Code DAILY gets you 20% off 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter

Jaksot(786)

S15 E3: You Can’t Tackle the Big Question All at Once (Matt Croasmun & Ryan McAnnally-Linz)

S15 E3: You Can’t Tackle the Big Question All at Once (Matt Croasmun & Ryan McAnnally-Linz)

"What matters most in life?" There's a reason Matt and Ryan, theology professors at Yale and our guests this week, call it the Big Question. It's too big to answer all at once. You have to break it do...

10 Touko 20239min

S15 E2: Lean Into Disagreement (Matt Croasmun & Ryan McAnnally-Linz)

S15 E2: Lean Into Disagreement (Matt Croasmun & Ryan McAnnally-Linz)

Today, we learn why the deepest question — the one that can truly change our lives, ground us, and give us direction — is not “What do I really want?” It’s “What is really worth wanting?” (Have you ch...

9 Touko 202311min

S15 E1: Not Everything You Want Is Worth Wanting (Matt Croasmun & Ryan McAnnally-Linz)

S15 E1: Not Everything You Want Is Worth Wanting (Matt Croasmun & Ryan McAnnally-Linz)

This week: Matt Croasmun and Ryan McAnnally-Linz, professors at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, share key insights from their New York Times bestselling book "Life Worth Living: A Guide to What...

8 Touko 202315min

S14 E5: All Behavior Is Functional (Britt Frank)

S14 E5: All Behavior Is Functional (Britt Frank)

Even your suboptimal behaviors have a function. Understanding what they are can help you make a change.

5 Touko 202313min

S14 E4: There Is No Such Thing as Self-Sabotage (Britt Frank)

S14 E4: There Is No Such Thing as Self-Sabotage (Britt Frank)

You say self-sabotage, your brain says self-protection. In today's master class, Britt Frank explains how your brain tries to keep you safe by shooting you in the foot. --- • Have you checked out our ...

4 Touko 202313min

S14 E3: Mental Health Is a Physical Process (Britt Frank)

S14 E3: Mental Health Is a Physical Process (Britt Frank)

This week we’re getting unstuck. We’re passing Go. We’re collecting $200. We’re finding a way forward. How? By utilizing the neuroscience-based tools psychotherapist Britt Frank shares in her new book...

3 Touko 202312min

S14 E2: Motivation Is Not a Mindset Issue (Britt Frank)

S14 E2: Motivation Is Not a Mindset Issue (Britt Frank)

In our brains, there is no such thing as a true “lack of motivation.” But how can we harness this biological fact to get off the couch and get more done?

2 Touko 202312min

S14 E1: We Need Anxiety (Britt Frank)

S14 E1: We Need Anxiety (Britt Frank)

This week on The Next Big Idea Daily: psychotherapist Britt Frank shares five key insights from her book "The Science of Stuck: Breaking Through Inertia to Find Your Path Forward." Today, Britt explai...

1 Touko 202314min

Suosittua kategoriassa Koulutus

rss-murhan-anatomia
psykopodiaa-podcast
voi-hyvin-meditaatiot-2
rss-niinku-asia-on
kesken
rss-duodecim-lehti
adhd-podi
aamukahvilla
aloita-meditaatio
rss-liian-kuuma-peruna
rss-valo-minussa-2
ihminen-tavattavissa-tommy-hellsten-instituutti
rss-elamankoulu
rss-psykalab
rss-narsisti
rahapuhetta
salainen-paivakirja
rss-uskonto-on-tylsaa
rss-vapaudu-voimaasi
rss-hereilla