If only to find out just why multitasking - brace yourself - doesn’t even remotely work, but denial actually might. In this epidemic of what I call “skim culture” - the inability to give our attention fully to any one thing, stirred by the constant anxiety that there’s something better, more interesting, more urgent happening elsewhere simultaneously - Rapt comes highly recommended.
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That’s about as good as it gets.įor a closer look at productivity, why creative people pay attention differently, and how to train ourselves to focus, watch this excellent interview with Gallagher on Australia’s equally excellent FORA network. You can’t be happy all the time but you can pretty much focus all the time. It’s solid science - from psychology experiments to fMRI studies - wrapped in Gallagher’s moving personal story: She turned to the focused life when her own life was disrupted by a grim cancer diagnosis.įrom evolutionary theory to psycho-social science, Rapt is part descriptive expose on how the mind works, part prescriptive recipe for how to make it work better, live more richly, and inhabit each moment more fully. rapt attention and the focused life winifred gallagher Rapt - Attention and the Focused Life A revolutionary look at how what we pay attention to determines how we experience life Acclaimed behavioral science writer Winifred Gallaghers Rapt makes the radical argument that much of the quality of your life depends not on fame or fortune, beauty. Rapt is a fascinating, thorough, yet brilliantly digestible foray into the power of attention. In Rapt, acclaimed behavioral science writer Winifred Gallagher makes the radical argument that the quality of your life largely depends on what you choose. In it, Anderson cites an intriguing book by cancer-survivor-turned-behavioral-science-writer Winifred Gallagher. She has written for numerous publications, such as Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times. Sure, it took me a week to read - let’s face it, who has the luxury of single-task attention these days - but that was half the point. Winifred Gallagher's books include New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change, Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life, House Thinking, Just the Way You Are (a New York Times Notable Book), Working on God, and The Power of Place. A few weeks ago, I came across Sam Anderson’s excellent New York Magazine article about the benefits of distraction. : Rapt (9781501284946) by Winifred Gallagher and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices.
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