Focus? Why Do I Need More Stinkin' Focus?
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Claims that context switching cuts productivity by 20–40% (about 1.6–3.2 hours of an eight‑hour day) and offers a concrete countermeasure: a simple, seated meditation practice. Demonstrates a 3‑minute guided practice (count to 10, restart on distraction), recommends building up to 5–10 minutes, 3×/week, and logging progress on Twitter with the uploader’s hashtag hashd medde vmed. No theory heavy lifting just a repeatable routine and observed short-term clarity.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:10Focus in extreme activities
- 2:36Focus in a distracted world
- 3:40Cost of multitasking
- 5:27Focus via meditation
- 6:28Guided meditation
- 9:20Meditation reflections
- 10:01Daily meditation tips
- 11:26Meditation and brain balance
- 13:10Meditate challenge
- 14:14Resources and closing
- 14:35Q&A
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