Hyperfocus Quotes

“disconnecting is one of the most”
― Chris Bailey, Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve More

“Becoming aware of what you’re thinking about is one of the best practices for managing your attention. The more you notice what’s occupying your attentional space, the faster you can get back on track when your mind begins to wander, which it does a remarkable 47 percent of the time.”
― Chris Bailey, Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction

“Create a distraction-free mode for your team. Dale Partridge, author of People Over Profit, went as far as to equip his team with lamps and squirt guns to encourage them to focus when he was CEO of Sevenly. As he explained to me, “One of the smartest things I did at Sevenly was to build custom walnut desk lamps for the entire team. They turned them on whenever they wanted to focus, and the rule was that no one was allowed to interrupt them when their lamp was on. All forty-five employees were allowed to have up to three hours of uninterrupted focus time per day—we had to limit it because that uninterrupted time was so addictive! I also equipped everyone with a squirt gun they could spray each other with when they were interrupted.”
― Chris Bailey, Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction

“space”
― Chris Bailey, Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction

“choose a productive or meaningful object of attention; eliminate as many external and internal distractions as you can; focus on that chosen object of attention; and continually draw your focus back to that one object of attention.”
― Chris Bailey, Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction