The philosopher Wittgenstein peeled potatoes. My road activity is doing a simple anagram game. Whatever works people can do knitting. One person described he throws a ball against the screen, putting of golf as a simple activity. Some great writers have done gardening as simple activities. Whatever works for you and it's not bad to do mindless tasks like that because it has a benefit. We know from research that it makes people happy and that's not a bad thing.
Do you ever feel like there's something in the modern world that fries your brain, that leaves you in red brain, where you're just so pulled in a million directions all the time that it's hard to actually give attention to what's essential? Well, in part two of my conversation with Dr. Gloria Mark, we get into some specific questions you can ask yourself to be able to assess how you are doing and what you can do to increase, and then protect, your peak attention hours.
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