Archive for the ‘Jake’s Reading List’ Category

Attention Span – Find Focus, Fight Distraction by Gloria Mark

January 2, 2025

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

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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