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#264 How to find focus and increase your attention with Johann Hari

Squiggly Careers

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Your Starlight Is Your Medium or Long Term Goals

Cot doctor james williams is one of the leading philosophers of attention. He argues that there are essentially three kinds of attention. The first is your spotlight, when you want to do an immediate task. Second is what he calls your star light, which is your medium or longer term goals. And third is his fourth and final layer called daylight - where we see each other as individuals.

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