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    Focus: A Simplicity Manifesto in the Age of Distraction
    Focus: A Simplicity Manifesto in the Age of Distraction
    Focus: A Simplicity Manifesto in the Age of Distraction
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    Focus: A Simplicity Manifesto in the Age of Distraction

    Written by Leo Babauta

    Narrated by Fred Stella

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    About this audiobook

    A simplicity manifesto in the Age of Distraction. Focus shows us how to find the focus among all the digital distractions in our world, so that we can create, focus on what's important, and find time for quiet and contemplation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 11, 2011
    ISBN9781455831388
    Focus: A Simplicity Manifesto in the Age of Distraction
    Author

    Leo Babauta

    Leo Babauta has been a reporter, editor, speechwriter, and freelance writer for the last 17 years. Babauta lives in Guam with his wife and five children, where he posts regularly on ZenHabits.net.

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    • 5/5
      Flowery and funny self-help from the turn of the (last) century, this little book was an uncanny, spot-on description of my daily routine and how I often think of it. It was slightly shocking to hear my modern quotidian hang-ups called out by a guy addressing "clerks" in a time of 36-cent round-trip train tickets, since I tend to think of them as my personal hang-ups. In this book, Bennett urges hourly workers to use "spare" time to improve their lives, making the best of their time outside of work. He understands that most people are spending as much time as possible working to make more money, thus disliking their lives. "Time is money" seriously understates this matter, more time can generate more money, but money cannot buy you more time You might expect from the title that this book will be some kind of time management tome, but it is anything but that. The author is intent on making sure that people 'live' rather than merely 'exist'. He proposes just one method for this 'living': to use your time wisely and learn to expand your mind and concentration.
    • 5/5
      Great for all ages suffering from multitasking and internet addiction. I will read it again till I conquer my weaknesses
    • 4/5
      From the founder of Zen habits, this book lives up to the cover. It's simple, which means it reads fast enough that even before you implement the principles, you DO have the time to read it. Already on the journey, I still took away several valuable nuggets that made this well worth the short time it requires.