Driven to distraction at work : how to focus and be more productive /
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| Author / Creator: | Hallowell, Edward M., author. |
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| Imprint: | Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, [2015] |
| Description: | viii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10116395 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: attention deficit trait the growing workplace problem
- Part 1. the six most common distractions at work-and how to overcome them
- 1. screen sucking: how to control your electronics so they don't control you
- 2. multitasking how to say no when you have more to do than time to do it
- 3. idea hopping: how to finish what you start
- 4. worrying how to turn toxic worry into problem solving
- 5. playing the hero: how to stop fixing everyone's problems-except your own
- 6. dropping the ball how to stop underachieving at work
- Part 2. training your attention how to manage and maintain your ability to focus
- 7. flexible focus creating the optimal state for excellence
- 8. harnessing the power of the body
- 9. harnessing the power of the mind
- 10. harnessing the power of the human connection
- 11. harnessing the power of emotion
- 12. harnessing the power of structure
- 13. distracted no more
- Appendix a word about ADHD and medications
- notes
- index
- acknowledgments
- about the author
