The latest research is clear: the state of our attention determines the state of our lives. So how do we harness our attention to focus deeper, get distracted less, and even become more creative? Chris Bailey, author of the recent book Hyperfocus, talks about how our ability to focus is the key to productivity, creativity, and living a meaningful life.
Follow Chris on @chris_bailey Chris Bailey was recently described by TED as possibly “the most productive man you’d ever hope to meet”. He is the international bestselling author of Hyperfocus and The Productivity Project, which have been published in sixteen languages. Chris works with organisations around the globe on how they can become more productive without hating the process.
To date, Chris has written hundreds of articles on the subject of productivity, and has garnered coverage in media as diverse as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, The Huffington Post, Harvard Business Review, TED, Fortune, Fast Company, and Lifehacker. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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Get your brain space and just stay calm, thank you so much
I noticed the phone was taking people away from paying attention to important things, before it hit me too. I fight with myself not to grab it. Not to post and not to read. I have more than enough to keep myself busy without it. Now, i start with I will not post before I grab the phone. Sometimes it works.
My atention span is so good that during the first three minutes of this video I was playing Candy Crush Saga,then finished all lives, I checked facebook on my smartphone. But thanks to the quality content of this video I restrained from using my smartphone for the next 11 minutes. Thank you so much.
Caption is good but needs to update another how to collapse focus , interruption , harassment bullying , in't
totally agree and that's what I like doing , while all people even when they walk they would put ear pods but for me I would love to be present
it is a great video but for any normal viewer we might try to get less distracted for 2 or 3 days but after that we cant life without distractions , it is however very true but its practically impossible especially for the gen z.
It doesnt work for whose broken hearted
Honest to God, this was really thought provoking.
How many time were you distracted watching this ? 4 times for me 🙂
Stop reading comments and focus in the video…. your life will be miserable if you're distracted…stay focused
I feel so useless just because I can't control my mobile addiction and can't focus on studies. I feel like I can't do it anymore, I can't accomplish anything. I've exams in 30 days and I can't do preparation. When everyone else is studying 10 to 12 hours a day, I'm extremely sad and cry so much after every 2 to 3 days.
Thank you so much sir 💐
But focus on social media is also a kind of focus
To anyone that reads this, make certain before you go to SLEEP. Plan what you will do tomorrow, this allowed me to structure my decisions, making less and less unnecessary distractions
the really hard thing to do was to search for the video and face that fact that its hard to concentrate nowdays
it's a relly a great episode
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Take your time guys.
I really enjoyed listening to this
honestly, its amazing the fact I can understand almost everything without subtitles
that background sound is driving me insane
phone doesn't interrupt me.
I want to control my mind to focus on what i am doing and not let it be thinking anything else during that particular point of time.
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This was a wonderful talk! Thanks Chris Bailey! 🙂
Those who want to really learn how to focus stop wasting time watching YouTube
He's such a GREAT speaker !!!
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