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13 Science-Backed Tips to Stay Focused and Avoid Distractions

By Katie Walsh, Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer, and Jessica Orwig — 2020

Whether it's fatigue, distractions, lack of motivation, or something else entirely, our inability to focus digs a hole in our productivity and limits our chances of success.

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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Have you ever: • found yourself stretched too thin? • simultaneously felt overworked and underutilized? • felt busy but not productive? • felt like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people’s agendas? If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the...

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Greg McKeown
2025
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3 Things You Must Know to Shift Your Identity

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2021
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The Big Ordeal

Coping with cancer is hard. It is an emotional ordeal as well as a physical one, with known and somewhat predictable psychological responses. And yet, patients often feel isolated and alone when dealing with the stress, anxiety, depression, and existential crises so typical with a cancer diagnosis.

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Cynthia Hayes
2025
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Coping with Cancer: DBT Skills to Manage Your Emotions—and Balance Uncertainty with Hope

This compassionate book presents dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a proven psychological intervention that Marsha M. Linehan developed specifically for the impossible situations of life--and which she and Elizabeth Cohn Stuntz now apply to the unique challenges of cancer for the first time.

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Elizabeth Cohn Stuntz, Marsha M. Linehan
2025
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The Right Questions: Ten Essential Questions to Guide You to an Extraordinary Life

New York Times number-one bestselling author Debbie Ford presents revolutionary questions that, when answered with complete honesty, change the way we see ourselves and make decisions—ultimately moving us toward the life we desire.

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Debbie Ford
2025
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#28 Michael Mauboussin: A Decision Making Jedi

Michael Mauboussin returns for a fascinating encore interview on the Knowledge Project. We geek out on decision making, luck vs. skill, work life balance, and so much more.

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The Knowledge Project Podcast
2018
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3 Tips to Maintain Focus from Steve Jobs - Inc.

The late founder of Apple shared his secrets for maximizing focus and productivity.

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2021
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How to Think More Effectively: A Guide to Greater Productivity, Insight and Creativity

We know that our minds are capable of great things because, every now and then, they come out with a brilliant idea or two. However, our minds are also unpredictable, spending large stretches of time idling or distracting themselves.

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The School of Life
2020
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Conquer Worry and Anxiety: The Secret to Mastering Your Mind

You can overcome worry and anxiety today. It is possible to feel better fast―and to make it last. Many people, mental health professionals included, think therapy needs to be long, hard, and painful―a lifelong commitment.

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Daniel G. Amen
2020
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