How to Be Awesome at Your Job30 Sep 2019

496: How to Break The Habit of Distraction with Maura Nevel Thomas

Maura Nevel Thomas discusses how to take back control of your attention for more productive work days.

— YOU'LL LEARN —

1) How we sabotage our performance every 3 minutes.

2) The simple trick to stopping most office distractions.

3) How to get more satisfaction out of work.

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— ABOUT MAURA —

Maura Nevel Thomas is an award-winning international speaker and trainer on individual and corporate productivity and work-life balance, and the most widely-cited authority on attention management. She is a TEDx Speaker, founder of Regain Your Time, author of three books, and was named a Top Leadership Speaker in Inc. Magazine. Maura is a contributing expert to major business outlets including Forbes, Fast Company, Huffington Post, and the Harvard Business Review.

• Book: Attention Management: How to Create Success and Gain Productivity—Every Day

• Website: MauraThomas.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “The Cost of Interrupted Work: More Speed and Stress” by Gloria Mark, University of California, Irvine

• Study: “Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity” by Adrian F. Ward et al., University of Texas

• Book: The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Teresa Amabile

• Book: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

• Book: Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport

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