Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction

by Chris Bailey

Canada's productivity expert returns with a totally fresh angle on how to do more with less.

Throughout his experiments and research, Chris Bailey came across many little-known insights into how we focus (a key element of productivity), including the surprising idea that focus isn't so much a state of heightened awareness (as we'd assume), but a balance between two frames of mind. The most recent neuroscientific research on attention reveals that our brain has two powerful modes that can be unlocked when we use our attention well: a focused mode (hyperfocus), which is the foundation for being highly productive, and a creative mode (scatterfocus), which enables us to connect ideas in novel ways. Hyperfocus helps readers unlock both, so they can concentrate more deeply, think more clearly, and work and live more deliberately. Diving deep into the science and theories about how and why we bring our attention to bear on life's big goals and everyday tasks, Chris Bailey takes his unique approach to productivity to the next level in Hyperfocus, while retaining the approachable voice and perspective that made him a fast favourite.

Genres: Productivity, Self Help, Nonfiction, Psychology, Personal Development, Business, Audiobook

256 pages, Hardcover

First published August 8, 2018

About the author

Chris Bailey is a productivity expert, and the international bestselling author of The Productivity Project, which has been published in eleven languages. His much-anticipated second book, Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction, comes out in September. Chris writes about productivity at Alifeofproductivity.com, and speaks to organizations around the globe on how they can become more productive, without hating the process.

Reviews

[Julius M]

Erste Hälfte des Buches geht um Konzentration und ist durchaus spannend.

[Robin]

Er unterscheidet zwischen Hyper- und Streufokussierung, welche dementsprechend genutzt werden können um den Alltag deutlich produktiver zu gestalten und nimmt dabei wirklich gute Beispiele aus dem Reelen leben. Es ist auf jeden Fall ein read wert, wenn man verstehen möchte wie das Gehirn produktiv arbeitet und den Aufmerksamkeitsbereich deutlich zu steigern.

[Levi Rudolph]

Fand es sehr gut, als Hörbuch gehört viele alte Ideen und paar Ende schon bekannt aber all in all echt schön geschrieben vom Autor. Diese Differenzierung von der Art der konzentration auch sehr interessant