Finding Your Focus

Author : Judith Greenbaum,Geraldine Markel
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-09-27
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780071769266

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Finding Your Focus by Judith Greenbaum,Geraldine Markel Pdf

“Filled with tools, strategies, and checklists and written with a fine understanding of the problems adults with ADD face daily. This book is a gift to all who read it.” —Edward Hollowell, M.D., bestselling author of Driven to Distraction Written by two expert ADD coaches with more than 30 years experience, this practical handbook offers adults with ADD practical techniques for coping with common everyday challenges. These simple proven strategies can help you focus attention, organize your thoughts, and manage time—so you can avoid missing appointments and deadlines, handle social situations, and improve memory skills. A safe alternative to prescription medications, it’s a complete home program that anyone can do.

Author : Amishi P. Jha
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780062992161

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Peak Mind by Amishi P. Jha Pdf

***NATIONAL BESTSELLER*** STOP FOR A MOMENT. Are you here right now? Is your focus on this page? Or is it roaming elsewhere, to the past or future, to a worry, to your to-do list, or to your phone? Whether you’re simply browsing, talking to friends, or trying to stay focused in an important meeting, you can’t seem to manage to hang on to your attention. No matter how hard you try, you’re somewhere else. The consequence is that you miss out on 50 percent of your life—including the most important moments. The good news: There’s nothing wrong with you—your brain isn’t broken. The human brain was built to be distractible. The even better news: You can train your brain to pay attention more effectively. Stay with me a little longer and soon you will be able to: Focus without all the struggle. Take back your attention from the pull of distraction. And function at your peak, for all that truly matters in your life.

Author : Lucy Jo Palladino
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781847375056

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Find Your Focus Zone by Lucy Jo Palladino Pdf

Being able to perform any task with full attention has become one of the great unspoken-about challenges of modern life. As our culture has become more high-speed, techno-stressed, information-cluttered and media-saturated, we are getting pushed out of our focus zones without even realising it. If you work in a modern office, it is likely you are suffering from 'information fatigue syndrome', which means that even naturally bright and creative people are rendered incapable of making swift decisions, problem-solving efficiently or able to maintain appropriate energy levels. Award-winning psychologist Lucy Jo Palladino offers practical solutions for anyone juggling too much, who finds themselves in a state of 'continuous partial attention', seemingly unable to do any one task with full concentration. In order to help people combat the negative aspects of 'always-on' information culture, Palladino has come up with a new set of skills that will help readers beat distraction and win the fight against information overload. She provides eight sets of 'keys' that will unlock your best attention and help you balance adrenaline levels, even when you are under pressure or facing dull tasks. Rooted in sports performance psychology, yet practical and user-friendly, Palladino's cutting-edge methods will help you stay focused and enhance your performance in all areas of daily life where concentration is required.

Author : Marcus D. King
Publisher : St. Paul Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0985425806

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Finding Your Focus On... Relationships by Marcus D. King Pdf

The “Finding Your Focus” series provides readers with an opportunity to rethink and reposition their lives in order to maximize their potential after obtaining a clearer perspective of some elements that healthy relationships should possess. Healthy relationships are necessary if we are going to be successful in most, if not all, aspects of our lives. Now, more than ever, our world needs tools and resources like “Finding Your Focus On…Relationships” to educate and encourage healthy unions among friends, families, and all other types of relationships we encounter on a daily basis. Marcus D. King takes practical, biblical principles and applies them in such a way that gives hope and guidance to any reader who desires to foster positive relationships in society.

Author : Edward Foxworth
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1546387226

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Finding My Focus by Edward Foxworth Pdf

Along your journey toward success, there are distractions and distractors. You must recognize them for what and who they are. In order to move beyond the hurdles that only you can see, you must understand your God-given purpose, establish your path into the future and execute, only the activities that get you closer to your goals. Signs of your strength, ability and power lie dormant inside, awaiting your command. Finding your Focus is the critical next step as you define who you are and what legacy you will create! As you balance bills, school, family, a career, friends and so much more, this book provides forward-thinking strategies for getting closer to the vision you have for your life. It offers practical solutions to anyone who has or is experiencing the challenge of feeling frustrated, confused or stuck. As you seek to better understand how to use your passion, talents, and relationships, knowing that the road ahead will not be easy, Finding My Focus offers essential techniques in terms of aligning your activities for success with your personalized values and unique goals. Finding My Focus

Author : Ann Weiser Cornell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Focused expressive psychotherapy
ISBN : 157224044X

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The Power of Focusing by Ann Weiser Cornell Pdf

"Focusing"--defined as a body-oriented process of self-awareness and emotional healing--is employed today by thousands of psychotherapists with their patients. This book, the first to make the methods of this treatment accessible to laypersons, outlines in friendly, nontechnical language how to effectively use focusing to address a variety of issues.

Author : Stefan Van Der Stigchel
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262350983

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How Attention Works by Stefan Van Der Stigchel Pdf

How we filter out what is irrelevant so we can focus on what we need to know. We are surrounded by a world rich with visual information, but we pay attention to very little of it, filtering out what is irrelevant so we can focus on what we think we need to know. Advertisers, web designers, and other “attention architects” try hard to get our attention, promoting products with videos on huge outdoor screens, adding flashing banners to websites, and developing computer programs with blinking icons that tempt us to click. Often they succeed in distracting us from what we are supposed to be doing. In How Attention Works, Stefan Van der Stigchel explains the process of attention and what the implications are for our everyday lives. The visual attention system is efficient, Van der Stigchel writes, because it doesn't waste energy processing every scrap of visual data it receives; it gathers only relevant information. We focus on one snippet of information and assume that everything else is stable and consistent with past experience; that's why most people miss even the most glaring continuity errors in films. If an object doesn't meet our expectations, chances are we won't see it. Van der Stigchel makes his case with examples from real life, explaining, among other things, the limitations of color perception (and why fire trucks shouldn't be red); the importance of location (security guards and radiologists, for example, have to know where to look); the attention-getting properties of faces and spiders; what we can learn from someone else's eye movements; why we see what we expect to see (magicians take advantage of this); and visual neglect and unattended information.

Author : Casey Schwartz
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780525435983

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Attention: A Personal History of Finding Focus (or Trying To) by Casey Schwartz Pdf

“[A] memoir-cum-meditation on the idea of attention. . . . Schwartz is brilliant, funny and clear.” —NPR As technology embeds itself ever more deeply into our lives and distraction takes hold as our universal affliction, Casey Schwartz grapples with the essential questions of attention: what is it? How can we conserve it? And what else is lost when we give it away? With humor, candor, and captivating stories, Schwartz reflects on the decade she spent taking Adderall to help her focus (or so she thought) and embarks on a quest to pin down the precious and elusive resource of attention. This investigation takes us on an eye-opening journey through the work of thinkers such as Williams James, David Foster Wallace, Aldous Huxley, Simone Weil, and out into the world beyond. From our craving for diversions to our craving for a cure, from Silicon Valley consultants and psychedelic researchers to trauma expert Dr. Gabor Maté, Attention explores the modern landscape of distraction and the possibility of finding focus despite it. Brilliantly combining memoir, biography, and original reporting, Schwartz documents the abundant demands on our attention with piercing insight and illuminates the path to reclaiming authentic life.

Author : Jean Fleming
Publisher : Through the Bible Pub
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1991-07-01
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 0866062726

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Finding Focus in a Whirlwind World by Jean Fleming Pdf

Author : Peter Bregman
Publisher : Business Plus
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781455500468

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18 Minutes by Peter Bregman Pdf

Based upon his weekly Harvard Business Review columns (which is one of the most popular columns on HBR.com, receiving hundreds of thousands of unique page views a month), 18 MINUTES clearly shows how busy people can cut through all the daily clutter and distractions and find a way to focus on those key items which are truly the top priorities in our lives. Bregman works from the premise that the best way to combat constant and distracting interruptions is to create productive distractions of one's own. Based upon a series of short bite-sized chapters, his approach allows us to safely navigate through the constant chatter of emails, text messages, phone calls, and endless meetings that prevent us from focusing our time on those things that are truly important to us. Mixing first-person insights along with unique case studies, Bregman sprinkles his charming book with pathways which help guide us -- pathways that can get us on the right trail in 18 minutes or less.

Author : Abby McDonald
Publisher : ACU Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781684269631

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Shift by Abby McDonald Pdf

If we want to see God in the midst of our struggles, we have to change the way we look for him. There is no denying that miracles, answers to prayer, and abundant blessings testify to God’s presence. When the desires of our hearts are filled, it’s easy to see him. But what about the seasons when he seems invisible? Scripture tells us God never sleeps, but it is easy to feel like he is not attuned to our needs. Shift explores the life-changing truth that when we adjust our lens to focus our eyes on God rather than on what we wish we were seeing in our lives, he reveals himself to us. In fact, those moments when he seems invisible to us are often when others see him the most in us. When Jesus walked the earth, he looked to God for his earthly needs. Jesus had deep a relationship with the Father that fueled his mission, his purpose, and his effectiveness. Scripture tells us that we can have that too. But there is a shift that needs to take place in our hearts and minds. No matter our circumstances, we can see God in our lives—right here, right now.

Author : Joshua Seth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0981847226

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Finding Focus in a Busy World by Joshua Seth Pdf

Your Mind Is The Most Amazing Computer In The World. What If You Could Program It For Success? Do you want to get more done, have more free time, and stop feeling so overwhelmed? We all do. But distractions stress us out, slow us down, and destroy our productivity. Discover how to rewire your brain to turn all that around and become more calm, healthy, focused, productive, and successful. The key to achieving more while doing less is relaxed concentration, the ability to focus on the task at hand until completion, and the clarity of mind to know what's worth doing in the first place. This book shows you how to reduce your stress and increase your focus so you can become more productive and successful in everything you do. BONUS This book includes access to 5 (Free) tools to increase your focus and productivity (including a guided meditation MP3) at www.findingfocusbook.com

Author : Jake Knapp,John Zeratsky
Publisher : Crown Currency
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780525572435

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Make Time by Jake Knapp,John Zeratsky Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling authors of Sprint comes “a unique and engaging read about a proven habit framework [that] readers can apply to each day” (Insider, Best Books to Form New Habits). “If you want to achieve more (without going nuts), read this book.”—Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit Nobody ever looked at an empty calendar and said, "The best way to spend this time is by cramming it full of meetings!" or got to work in the morning and thought, Today I'll spend hours on Facebook! Yet that's exactly what we do. Why? In a world where information refreshes endlessly and the workday feels like a race to react to other people's priorities faster, frazzled and distracted has become our default position. But what if the exhaustion of constant busyness wasn't mandatory? What if you could step off the hamster wheel and start taking control of your time and attention? That's what this book is about. As creators of Google Ventures' renowned "design sprint," Jake and John have helped hundreds of teams solve important problems by changing how they work. Building on the success of these sprints and their experience designing ubiquitous tech products from Gmail to YouTube, they spent years experimenting with their own habits and routines, looking for ways to help people optimize their energy, focus, and time. Now they've packaged the most effective tactics into a four-step daily framework that anyone can use to systematically design their days. Make Time is not a one-size-fits-all formula. Instead, it offers a customizable menu of bite-size tips and strategies that can be tailored to individual habits and lifestyles. Make Time isn't about productivity, or checking off more to-dos. Nor does it propose unrealistic solutions like throwing out your smartphone or swearing off social media. Making time isn't about radically overhauling your lifestyle; it's about making small shifts in your environment to liberate yourself from constant busyness and distraction. A must-read for anyone who has ever thought, If only there were more hours in the day..., Make Time will help you stop passively reacting to the demands of the modern world and start intentionally making time for the things that matter.

Author : Zoë Kessler
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781608826636

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ADHD According to Zoë by Zoë Kessler Pdf

Like many women with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), journalist and popular blogger Zoë Kessler was diagnosed late in life—well into adulthood, in fact. But instead of seeing this label as a burden to bear, Kessler decided to use it to gain a better understanding of herself, and to connect with others through her writing. In this unique and engaging memoir, Kessler shares her own stories of living with ADHD in a way that is relatable, but never predictable. Inside, she describes how her impulsive behavior has affected her love life; how being disorganized once stood in the way of landing a job; and how inattentiveness has caused certain challenges in her relationships. Kessler also offers key coping skills based on her experience; skills that you can use to focus your energy, become more organized, and boost your self-esteem while tapping into creativity and humor. Kessler’s story illustrates how being diagnosed with ADHD late into adulthood can be bewildering, but it also shows what a great opportunity it can be to take stock of your life and make real, lasting changes. Whether you share her diagnosis of ADHD, or just like a good story, ADHD According to Zoë will inspire you and encourage you to embrace your quirks. For more information about Kessler and her work, please visit www.zoekessler.com

Author : Jeff Sanders
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119432968

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The Free-Time Formula by Jeff Sanders Pdf

Find the time, clarity, and mental space to achieve your goals The Free-Time Formula helps you slow down time and get the important things done. We're all overworked, stressed, and always being asked to do more, and do it better; the days aren't getting any longer, so something has to give—don't let it be your sanity. This book provides a real-world framework for more effective time management that helps you prioritize, focus, clarify, and go. You'll begin with a time audit to assess your current stress, strategies, and output—and the results may shock you. From there, you'll work step-by-step toward a new daily routine that will help you become the focused, efficient achiever you've been trying to be for so long. It's not about cramming more into your precious 24 hours, it's about figuring out what really matters to you, and getting the most important things done first. Every day. Never miss another big deadline, never flake on an important meeting, never be late to an appointment again. It is possible with great planning, and this book is your personal guide. Focused on action, not filler, this book is an excellent resource for those who want to achieve more, but do less. With a few simple changes, you'll find the time you've been missing and put it to more productive use. Define and prioritize your personal and professional goals and responsibilities Cut the distractions and clarify your daily objectives Adapt your workplace tools and environment to facilitate actual work Periodically self-assess, course–correct when needed, and plan for the future Rather than rush through another day leaving things un-done and roses un-sniffed, take a beat and a breath, and take back your day with The Free-Time Formula.