How to Cultivate Focus

For centuries, humanity's challenge was eating too few calories, not too many. Our minds weren't designed for the attentional demands of modern life. In a previous era, deliberate focus was largely unnecessary because our instincts about what to pay attention to were a good match for the environment we lived in. Today, focus has to be cultivated. A life of focus means that you pay attention to the things you choose to pay Attention to. But focus is not the default.