Here's a video short from Ryan Holiday, a best-selling author on "marketing, culture, and the human condition." The video is called
How to Give Your Full Attention to What You’re Doing. There's nothing really all that groundbreaking in what he's saying in this short clip, but it might serve as inspiration or motivation for you if you have trouble focusing on one thing at a time (see also the last article link below, which is on the same topic).
Here's a basic transcript of the video:
"We're not present because we have a device in our pocket at all times. We're not present because we're thinking about this while we're doing that. We're not ever where our feet are with what we're doing. I talk about this with people who have kids. When you're with your kids, can you be with your kids? Not with your kids and doing this at the same time?
Multitasking is the enemy. To be able to focus and be where you are is such an important thing. It makes the thing you're doing better. The stoics would say 'very little is made better by inattention.' To be doing the thing you're doing and not giving it all you have is probably a sign you shouldn't be doing that thing."
Now on to this week's hand-picked productivity links!
