The Surpisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

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veteran readers who, with some select members of our team, provided
feedback on our early draft: Jennifer Driscoll-Hollis, Spencer Gale,
David Hathaway, Robert M. Hooper, Ph.D., Scott Provence, Cynthia
Robbins, Robert Todd, and Todd Sattersten.
Thanks to the super-responsive researchers, professors, and
authors who answered our questions on a variety of topics: Dr. Roy
Baumeister, a Francis Eppes Eminent Scholar at Florida State
University and Social Psychology Area Director; Dr. Myron P.
Gutmann, Directorate for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic
Sciences at the National Science Foundation; Dr. Eric Klinger,
Professor of Psychology Emeritus at the University of Minnesota,
Morris; Dr. Jonathan Levav, Associate Professor of Marketing at
Stanford University; Paul McFedries, author of the unique website
wordspy.com; Dr. David E. Meyer, Professor of Psychology in the
Cognition and Perception Program at the University of Michigan and
director of the University of Michigan’s Brain, Cognition, and Action
Laboratory; Dr. Phyllis Moen, McKnight Presidential Chair in
Sociology at the University of Minnesota; Erica Mosner at Historical
Studies-Social Science Library at the Institute for Advanced Study;
the super-helpful Rachel from Bronnie Ware’s website; Valoise
Armstrong at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library; Dr. Ed Deiner,
author and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Illinois; and James Cathcart, Senior Leadership
Consultant at Franklin Covey. We’re also grateful to The Keller
Center in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University and
Casey Blaine for her research on multitasking early on in our journey.
And last, I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank my business coach Bayne
Henyon for his insights all those years ago that changed the way I
looked at things and reshaped the way I worked.
Thank you everyone for everything!

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