![]() ![]() Conclusively, music occupies less space in attentional space when it is familiar and simple and lastly, performance of introverts is impaired more with music than extroverts. The author interviewed famous musician Jerry Marrtin who was of the opinion that too much structure in music compels the audience to focus more on it. The author states that temperature above 30 degree centigrade affects our productivity though human anatomy also influences it as well.Īnother important backdrop of our environment is music and on that Bailey has an interesting take. ![]() ![]() Consider the shiny notifications on our phones, pulling us away from our critical work for 22 minutes each time we are killing our productivity through these digital products.Ĭhris Bailey’s ‘Hyper focus’ details multiple factors which affect our focus and productivity. The book also highlights that it takes 22 minutes to get back to our work once we are interrupted or distracted. Research quoted by the author shows that our mind wanders for 47 percent of the time and if we are unable to drag it back to our work, we are losing time. We are glued to our smartphones and rarely an hour passes by when we don’t check our phones and for no apparent reason and here comes the concept of mind wandering which means that we lose our focus regarding the issue we are dealing with. The concept of mind wandering has been beautifully explained. It is not to be confused with making excel sheets or writing that whole research paper in a single day.Īnother aspect in hyperfocus is multi tasking versus doing one job specifically and Bailey has instructed us all to avoid multi tasking as contrary to popular perception, it takes more time than dedicating attention to a single task and finishing it. It means that if you are delaying doing the laundry, then doing it at the time when you intend to it one find day comes under productivity. According to the writer, productivity is achieving what one intends to do. A new beep on our phones pulls our attention automatically and we are forced to see it leaving everything behind.Ĭhris Bailey has also given his definition of productivity which he says has now become a loaded term. For instance, it says we are not managing our attention which is on autopilot. The smartphones have now become our ‘escape route’ but Bailey has asked us to check which activity is overshadowed by this escape. Not only this, when we reach out to our smartphone, we can note as to what we are resisting. The author has described our phones as a productivity black hole, advising us to keep it in another room while involved in something important. ‘Hyper Focus’ directly takes the ‘smartphone’ bull by the horns. Can anything valuable be created in a span of forty seconds or even multiple laps of forty seconds? I definitely don’t think so. The seriousness of lack of focus can be ascertained from the fact that studies say we lose our focus merely forty seconds after we sit infront of computer. The book relies on researches and facts instead of story telling. The author has highlighted practical solution to get out of the rut of distraction. The book ‘Hyper Focus’ by Chris Bailey is an attempt to let us gain our primal focus. We are physically present in the moment but mentally absent. And this countless scrolling has made us lose our focus. We are all living in this age of digital distraction. He is now my friend after I read his book. ![]()
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