Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens

by Barbara Oakley

It also seems that focusing on something else can take us temporarily into diffuse mode related to what we’re not focusing on. When we focus on cuddling our dog, we’re not focusing on the math problem. When we’re focusing on someone else’s chess game, we’re not focused on our own chess game.