The Surpisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
and forth. This is fine for computers, but it has serious repercussions in humans. Two airliners are cleared to la ...
But we’re fooling ourselves. Multitasking is a scam. Poet laureate Billy Collins summed it up well: “W ...
on a spreadsheet and a co-worker pops into your office to discuss a business problem, the relative ...
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FIG. 6 Multitasking doesn’t save time —it wastes time. BRAIN CHANNELS So, what’s happening when we’re ...
this channel interference means you are now seeing the new sofa and love seat combination and are effectively ...
sets us up to be more distractible. Or maybe it’s the high. Media multitaskers actually experienc ...
the connectivity of everything we do ultimately means that we each not only have a job to do, but a job ...
Everyone gets distracted. 2 . Multitasking takes a toll. At home or at work, distractions lead to poo ...
6 A DISCIPLINED LIFE “It’s one of the most prevalent myths of our culture: self- discipline.” —Leo Babau ...
your every behavior molded and maintained by training seems frighteningly impossible on one hand and u ...
Olympian in any sport in history. Talking about Phelps, one reporter said, “If he were a country he’d be ...
the beginning. Over time, the habit you’re after becomes easier and easier to sustain. It’s true. Habits ...
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FIG. 7 Once a new behavior becomes a habit, it takes less discipline to maintain. So, how long do y ...
BIG IDEAS 1 . Don’t be a disciplined person. Be a person of powerful habits and use selected discipline to de ...
7 WILLPOWER IS ALWAYS ON WILL-CALL “Odysseus understood how weak willpower actually is when he asked hi ...
a short trip. As I set out to impose my will against defenseless goals, I quickly discovered something disco ...
returned, he’d be awarded a second treat. One treat now or two later. (Mischel knew they’d designed the t ...
Willpower is so important that using it effectively should be a high priority. Unfortunately, since it’s ...
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