Chris Bailey Hyperfocus

A practical guide to managing your attention - the most powerful resource you have to become more creative, get stuff done, and live a more meaningful life 'The best productivity plans call for strategy, not just hacks or tactics - and Hyperfocus gives you strategy in spades.

When you read this book, get ready to do your most important work!' Chris Guillebeau In Hyperfocus, you will learn:

• How working fewer hours can increase our productivity - How drinking caffeine strategically instead of habitually gives us more energy - How we get more done by making our work harder, not easier - How we do our best creative work when we're the most tired Our attention has never been as overwhelmed as it is today and we've never been so busy while accomplishing so little.

In Hyperfocus, the bestselling author of The Productivity Project provides profound insights into how we can best manage our attention. Chris Bailey reveals how the brain switches between two mental modes - hyperfocus, our deep concentration mode, and scatterfocus, our creative, reflective mode - and how the surest path to being our most creative and efficient selves at work is to combine them both. This book will appeal to a wide audience, from those in business to self-help seekers and busy parents. * Booklist * A fascinating guide to managing our attention.

. . a wonderful toolbox full of practical and detailed best practices. I can't wait to give these ideas a try. * Kai-Fu Lee, Founder of Google China, Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures * Hyperfocus takes decades of scientific insights and pairs them with practical application to show us all how best to manage and multiply our attention. * David Burkus, author of Under New Management and Friend of a Friend * Pay attention to Chris Bailey - this book is well worth the focus. * Peter Bregman, author of 18 Minutes * Using all of the latest science, Bailey gives readers practical, incredible frameworks to change how you work.

* Vanessa Van Edwards, author of Captivate * A lifeline in a world in which we are all overwhelmed with too much to do and not enough time to do it. Read this book if you want a stress-relieving salve as well as a guarantee to improve both your productivity and happiness. * Jim Citrin, author of The Career Playbook * Practical, well written and timely. * Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential * I loved the book. * Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism * I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to do more of what matters in a distracted world.