Life Design Systems

Attention Span – Find Focus, Fight Distraction by Gloria Mark

January 2, 2025

Category: Ideas for Reflection, Jake's Reading List, Joe's Reading List

I heard Gloria Mark speak at a Rotman Lifelong Learning Conference. She is the definitive expert on distraction and multi-tasking in an increasingly digital world.  In her book, you will discover why multitasking hurts rather than helps productivity, how social media and modern entertainment amplifyour short attention spans, what drains our mental resources and how […]

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READING LIST: ATOMIC HABITS BY JAMES CLEAR

December 2, 2024

Category: Jake's Reading List, Joe's Reading List

This is a very practical and useful book. James Clear distills the most fundamental information about habit formation so you can accomplish more by focusing on less. In my Life Design work with our clients, the following quote has become an essential starting point for designing a meaningful and focused life: “You do not rise […]

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Reading List: Clear Thinking, by Shane Parrish

September 19, 2024

Category: Joe's Reading List

Shane is the brilliant thinker who created “The Farnam Street” newsletter and the “ The Knowledge Project” podcast, both of which I have found to be extremely valuable over the last 10 years. In “ Clear Thinking”, Shane provides an actionable guide to using your own mind more effectively and a lucid manual for overcoming […]

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