Narrated by Chris Bailey, Hyperfocus by Chris Bailey has a runtime of 6 hrs 40 mins on Audible.
Publisher’s Summary
By the author of How To Calm Your Mind, a practical guide to managing your attention—the most powerful resource you have to get stuff done, become more creative, and live a meaningful life
Our attention has never been as overwhelmed as it is today. Many of us recognize that our brains struggle to multitask. Despite this, we feel compelled to do so anyway while we fill each moment of our lives to the brim with mindless distraction. Hyperfocus provides profound insights into how you can best take charge of your attention to achieve a greater sense of purpose and productivity throughout the day.
The most recent neuroscientific research reveals that our brain has two powerful modes that can be unlocked when we use our attention effectively: 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 you access each of the two mental modes so you can concentrate more deeply, think more clearly, and work and live more deliberately every day. Chris Bailey examines such topics such as:
- identifying and dealing with the four key types of distraction and interruption;
- establishing a clear physical and mental environment in which to work;
- controlling motivation and working fewer hours to become more productive;
- taking time-outs with intention;
- multitasking strategically; and
- learning when to pay attention and when to let your mind wander wherever it wants to.
- By transforming how you think about your attention, Hyperfocus reveals that the more effectively you learn to take charge of it, the better you’ll be able to manage every aspect of your life.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Chris Bailey
- Length: 6 hrs 40 mins
- Publisher: Penguin Audio
- Release year: 2018
- Audible category: Business & Careers / Career Success / Health & Wellness
Listener Ratings
Hyperfocus holds an average listener rating of 4.5/5 from 1020 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.6/5
- Story: 4.5/5
- 5-star ratings: 67% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
4/5 stars — “Similar to his first book”
It’s along the same vein as the author’s first book ‘The Productivity Project.’ If you like his podcast ‘Becoming Better,’ you’ll like this book. It’s more about productivity coaching rather than any new, insightful guidance on focusing. The four stages of hyper focus are:
* Choose a productive or meaningful object of attention.
* Eliminate as many external and internal distractions that you can.
* Focus on that chosen object of attention.
* Continually draw your focus back to that object of attention.Develop productivity rituals:
* Choose 3 things to accomplish each day. Weigh unexpected tasks against the intentions you set.
* Consider the consequences of each task, both short-term and long term – will it be better by doing that task?
* Set an hourly alarm to see how often you’re immersed on productive tasks.
* Block time for hyper focus, starting with 15-20 minutes and increasing it over time.— A. Yoshida, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “pretty good”
a few things ive heard in other books. but, the tios on scattered focus time I found to be quite helpful.— D. JACKSON, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “very good listen!”
listened on my commute. practical and enjoyable to put in place. I like the down to earth style yet scientific and intelligent fact based anecdotes. highly recommend! I will listen again to internalize more— dogloverinco, Audible listener
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