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370: Why we’re all so distracted | NYT bestselling author Johann Hari
370: Why we’re all so distracted | NYT bestselling author Johann Hari
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Jan 26, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Johann Hari: “When you try to do lots of things at once, you do all of them less competently—you make more mistakes, you remember less of what you do, and you're far less creative.”
Hari, a New York Times bestselling author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to reclaim your attention span, plus:
- The link between sleep & focus (~05:16)
- Why multitasking never works (~10:39)
- How reading for pleasure retrains your brain (~21:05)
- How to eat for attention (~35:54)
- Why you shouldn't reply to texts immediately (~39:21)
Referenced in the episode:
- Hari's book, Stolen Focus.
- kSafe.
- Freedom app.
- A study showing it takes 23 minutes to get back your focus after an interruption.
- A study on the switch-cost effect.
- A study from Charles Czeisler that sleeping ~5 hours a night impairs attention the same as a blood alcohol level of .1%.
- Read more about Hewlett Packard's study on the link between work distractions and IQ.
- mbg Podcast episode #79, with Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D.
- Read more about Lenore Skenazy and Let Grow.
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Hari, a New York Times bestselling author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to reclaim your attention span, plus:
- The link between sleep & focus (~05:16)
- Why multitasking never works (~10:39)
- How reading for pleasure retrains your brain (~21:05)
- How to eat for attention (~35:54)
- Why you shouldn't reply to texts immediately (~39:21)
Referenced in the episode:
- Hari's book, Stolen Focus.
- kSafe.
- Freedom app.
- A study showing it takes 23 minutes to get back your focus after an interruption.
- A study on the switch-cost effect.
- A study from Charles Czeisler that sleeping ~5 hours a night impairs attention the same as a blood alcohol level of .1%.
- Read more about Hewlett Packard's study on the link between work distractions and IQ.
- mbg Podcast episode #79, with Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D.
- Read more about Lenore Skenazy and Let Grow.
We have recently introduced our innovative longevity & vitality collection! Visit mindbodygreen.com/longevity and use the code LONGEVITYPOD to get 20% off a one-time or first month subscription purchase of this premium collection, which includes vitamin D3 potency+, cellular beauty+, ultimate multivitamin+, and omega-3 potency+.
Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com.
Released:
Jan 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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