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"Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening-and how to get our attention back. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding it much harder to focus than he used to. He found that a life of constantly switching from device to device, from tab to tab, is diminishing and depressing. He tried all sorts of self-help...
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Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xxviii, 240 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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The key to a less hectic, less stressful life is not in simply organizing your desk, but organizing your mind. The authors show you how to use the innate organizational power of your brain to make your life more productive and rewarding.
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Series
The underdogs volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
149 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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The Underdogs and their classmates are taking a break to go to Camp Ruffing It for a few days of camping activities, but all the sounds and smells of the forest keep distracting Harley, causing trouble for everyone.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
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vii, 266 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
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"Franklin Covey offers powerful insights drawn from the latest neuroscience and decades of experience and research in the time-management field to help you master your attention and energy management through five fundamental choices that will increase your ability to achieve what matters most to you. The 5 Choices is time management redefined for the twenty-first century: it increases the productivity of individuals, teams, and organizations and empowers...
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Publisher
Simple Truths
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xxv, 101 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
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Discusses how old approaches to productivity just don't work in today's fast-paced, tech-driven workplaces. Attention management, not time management, is the solution that works. It's a collection of behaviors --including focus, mindfulness, control, presence, and flow--that will support your success.
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"In Indistractable, Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving us to distraction. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple as swearing off our devices: Abstinence is impractical and often makes us want more. Eyal lays bare the secret of finally doing what you say you will do with a four-step, research-backed model. Indistractable reveals the key to getting the best out of technology, without letting it get the best of us."--Amazon.com....
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Publisher
NED ediciones
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
211 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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"Disminuci̤n de la capacidad de concentraci̤n, trastornos de hiperactividad en la infancia, percepci̤n generalizada de un tiempo que se acelera, infoxicaci̤n, relaciones ansiosas con las nuevas tecnolog̓as, abuso de psicof̀rmacos o posibilidad de acudir a todo tipo de terapias para aprender a vivir aqu̓ y ahora. Nunca estamos en lo que estamos. ¿Qǔ est̀ pasando? ¿De qǔ nos hablan estos des̤rdenes de la atenci̤n? En todas las situaciones...
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xvii, 234 pages ; 24 cm
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"A fascinating exploration of how we pay attention that will transform the ways we connect with each other-at work, at home, and beyond We've forgotten how to pay attention, Christian Madsbjerg says in his provocative new book. Listening carefully and observing intentionally are crucial human skills, yet we're not born knowing how to do them. And thanks to the ubiquity of social media, increasing social isolation, and the use of empty imagery and...
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
x, 305 pages ; 24 cm
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"Crawford investigates the challenge of mastering one's own mind by showing that our current crisis of attention is only superficially the result of digital technology, and certain assumptions at the root of Western culture are the root of the cause"--
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Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
viii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Hallowell, known for his work with children and adults, now identifies the underlying reasons why people really lose their ability to focus at work--where many of today's adults feel distracted and unproductive. He explains why commonly offered solutions like 'learn to manage your time better' or 'make a to-do list' just don't work because they don't address the deeper, underlying issues of mental distraction"--
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Publisher
Vertical Comics, an imprint of Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
2015-
Physical Desc
volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 18 cm
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Toshinari Seki takes goofing off to new heights. Every day, on or around his school desk, he masterfully creates his own little worlds of wonder, often hidden to most of his classmates. Unfortunately for Rumi Yokoi, his neighbor at the back of their homeroom, his many games, dioramas, and projects are often way too interesting to ignore; even when they are hurting her grades.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
During the pandemic, an aging screenwriter is holed up in a coastal South Carolina town with his beloved second wife, Peaches. He's been binge-eating for a year and developed a notable rapport with the local fast-food chain Hippo King. He struggles to work on a ludicrous screenplay about a Nazi attempt to kidnap FDR and, naturally, an article for Etymology Today on English words of Carthaginian origin. He thinks he has Covid. His wife thinks he is...
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxvi, 496 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Daniel J. Levitin, Ph.D., uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how people with "organized" minds excel--and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and lives.
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"An accessible, practical, step-by-step how-to guide that supplements Getting Things Done by providing the details, the how-to's, and the practices to apply GTD more fully and easily in daily life. The incredible popularity of Getting Things Done revealedpeople's need to take control of their own productivity with a system that reduces the stress of staying on top of it all. Around the world hundreds of certified trainers and coaches are engaged full...
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