Podcast HackRescuing Your Attention SpanBy Ten Percent Happier , Dan Harris, Gloria Mark
In a Nutshell
In this January 2024 episode of the Ten Percent Happier podcast, host Dan Harris talks to psychologist Dr. Gloria Mark about the decline in our attention spans and what we can do to rescue our focus.
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We are experiencing a fundamental shift in how we think, work, and focus. It shows up in our blizzard of notifications, Zoom fatigue, task switching, and burnout. But our ability to focus is not lost, it's just changing.
Dan Harris
Introduction
Do you find yourself unconsciously reaching for your phone in the middle of a task, or losing an hour to social media when you only intended to spend five minutes scrolling?
The addictive nature of online content, email culture, and constant notifications that seem to demand immediate action all contribute to our difficulty focusing.
Studies show that human attention spans have fallen to just 47 seconds on any one screen when working on a computer or device.
On this January 2024 episode of the Ten Percent Happier podcast, Dr. Gloria Mark, professor in the Department of Informatics at The University of California, Irvine, shares her insights on our declining attention spans and what we can do about them.
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