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

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S5 E2: There Are Different Types of Attention (Gloria Mark)

S5 E2: There Are Different Types of Attention (Gloria Mark)

Today, Gloria explains how you can use rote activities — like solving a puzzle or weeding your garden — to replenish your attentional reservoirs. --- Gloria Mark is a professor at UC Irvine and the au...

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S5 E1: Use Your Attentional Resources Wisely (Gloria Mark)

S5 E1: Use Your Attentional Resources Wisely (Gloria Mark)

Picture this. You sit down to read a book. You know the one — the book all your friends have raved about. So, okay, you read the first sentence. Maybe you make it to the end of the paragraph. But the ...

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S4 E5: Invest in the Long Tail of Time Management (Greg McKeown)

S4 E5: Invest in the Long Tail of Time Management (Greg McKeown)

In the final installment of his master class, Greg McKeown shares the three questions he asks to make life easier: 1️⃣ What is a problem that irritates me repeatedly? 2️⃣ What is the total cost of man...

24 Feb 202310min

S4 E4: Find Your Effortless Pace (Greg McKeown)

S4 E4: Find Your Effortless Pace (Greg McKeown)

You need to establish upper and lower bounds. “Okay, but what does that mean?” Listen to find out. --- Greg McKeown is the author of “Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most.” He’ll be here...

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S4 E3: Use Effortless Inversion (Greg McKeown)

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What happens when you stop assuming the answer to every problem is to work harder and instead ask, “What if this could be easy?” That’s effortless inversion. Today, Greg explains how you can use it to...

22 Feb 202311min

S4 E2: Make a ‘Done for the Day’ List (Greg McKeown)

S4 E2: Make a ‘Done for the Day’ List (Greg McKeown)

Forget your never-ending to-do list. Greg says you need a “done for the day” list, a rundown of tasks you can actually accomplish and that will leave you feeling satisfied. --- Greg McKeown is the aut...

21 Feb 202310min

S4 E1: There Are Two Paths to Getting Results (Greg McKeown)

S4 E1: There Are Two Paths to Getting Results (Greg McKeown)

If you want to accomplish great things, you must work relentlessly, right? Not so, says author and leadership strategist Greg McKeown. In his latest book, "Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matter...

20 Feb 202317min

S3 E5: It’s Never Too Late to Improve Your Connections (Marc Schulz)

S3 E5: It’s Never Too Late to Improve Your Connections (Marc Schulz)

In our final episode with Marc, he says you’re never too old to forge new relationships. --- • Marc Schulz is the co-author of “The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happ...

17 Feb 202311min

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