How To Regain Control Of Your Attention - Dr Gloria Mark

Dr Gloria Mark is Chancellor's professor in the Department of Informatics at University of California and an author whose research focuses on human-computer interaction. Not being able to focus and suffering with distracted attention is one of the most common complaints amongst people in the modern world. The ability to stay focussed on a single task for a long period of time is hugely beneficial and yet has never been more difficult to achieve. Expect to learn what attention actually is and how it works, the average amount of time that people spend on a single task in the modern world, why attention is so easy to distract, whether multitasking is actually a thing, how to take back control from your distractions, how to deal with guilt around being distracted, the best way to design your daily routine for maximum focus and much more... Sponsors: Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at https://bit.ly/cdwisdom (use code MW15) Get $100 off plus an extra 15% discount on Qualia Mind at https://neurohacker.com/modernwisdom (use code MW15) Get 10% discount on all Optimal Carnivore’s products at www.amazon.com/optimalcarnivore (use code: WISDOMSAVE10) Extra Stuff: Buy Attention Span - https://amzn.to/3HzL1ZC Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #focus #attention #productivity - 00:00 Intro 00:56 Is Our Attention Worse Than it Was 20 Years Ago? 05:15 Misunderstanding How Attention Works 10:12 The Basics of our Attention System 17:13 Is ADHD Becoming More Common? 20:37 Seeing Attention as a Precious Resource 24:47 It Isn’t Humanly Possible to Multitask 32:42 Is our Relationship with Technology Addictive? 38:29 The Impact of Algorithms on our Attention 46:52 Developing the Skill of Self-Regulation 58:45 Don’t Use Social Media on Your Break 1:03:12 Designing Your Day for Maximum Focus 1:13:29 Where to Find Dr Mark - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/