Redeeming Productivity Why You Can’t Focus (and How to Fix It in 5 Days)
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Aug 13, 2025 Attention spans are plummeting in our digital age, sparking a need for focus. Strategies to combat distractions reveal that attention is a limited resource. A structured 'five by five focus fix' aims to help manage this. Listeners can engage in a five-day challenge with actionable habits to improve their productivity. Key practices include minimizing distractions and prioritizing reading, all while reflecting on the effectiveness of these changes.
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Attention As An Economic Commodity
- Reagan Rose explains attention is now a scarce commodity in a knowledge and attention economy.
- A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, so attention itself becomes the market currency.
Tech Competes For Your Focus
- Market forces and tech companies actively compete for your attention with better devices and addictive algorithms.
- This competition uses notifications, gamification, and ads to fracture our attention and extract value.
Attention Is Upstream Of Life's Goods
- Attention is upstream of nearly every meaningful life outcome like learning, relationships, and prayer.
- Losing focus prevents sustained goals, deep relationships, education, and spiritual practices.
