it’s about taking back control of your attention
by Kojo · updated 13d ago
it’s about taking back control of your attention
- Our mind is a contested bit of territory, with many people seeking to control what we call “the empire between your ears” in The Girl Who Would Be Free. Why? Because your brain, your attention, is valuable. People want you to think about certain things and not think about certain things–because it’s good for business, because it makes you easier to... See more
from Do You Dominate The Battlespace?
Kojo added 13d ago
- "Paying rapt attention, whether to a trout stream or a novel, a do-it-yourself project or a prayer, increases your capacity for concentration, expands your inner boundaries, and lifts your spirits, but more important, it simply makes you feel that life is worth living." (Winifred Gallagher, Rapt)
Kojo added 24d ago
- Because attention is scarce, it is valuable. Every media organization — big or small, reputable or untrustworthy — is using every tactic at hand to engage us.
They need our attention to sell ads and subscriptions, to create value for their brands so we will become loyal consumers of their products.Kojo added 17d ago
To return to information overload: this means treating your "to read" pile like a river (a stream that flows past you, and from which you pluck a few choice items, here and there) instead of a bucket (which demands that you empty it). After all, you presumably don't feel overwhelmed by all the unread books in the British Library – and not because t
... See morefrom Treat Your to-Read Pile Like a River, Not a Bucket by Oliver Burkeman
Kojo added 1mo ago
We’ve been given no shortage of digital tools that should, in theory, help us work better, with more focus and efficiency, and connect us more easily with our colleagues. Instead, email, instant messaging, remote-meeting apps, work-flow and project-management software and so on can feel like so many buckets with holes in the bottom, maddeningly in
... See morefrom The Digital Workplace Is Designed to Bring You Down by Cal Newport
Kojo added 1mo ago
- Digital Minimalism: A philosophy of technology use in which you focus your online time on a small number of carefully selected and optimized activities that strongly support things you value, and then happily miss out on everything else.
from Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
Kojo added 23d ago
A few years ago, drowning in email, I successfully implemented the system known as Inbox Zero, but I soon discovered that when you get tremendously efficient at answering email, all that happens is that you get much more email. Oliver Burkeman
Kojo added 2mo ago
Your attention is valuable and helps to create your experience of life.
from Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller 2022 by Julie Smith
Kojo added 1mo ago
- Epictetus’ father says that to be great, we first have to focus on “the empire between our ears.” He’s referring to our thoughts, our emotions, our urges, our desires, our fears...our own choices.
from Rule The Empire Between Your Ears
Kojo added 13d ago