- Gebundene Ausgabe: 256 Seiten
- Verlag: Penguin Press HC, The (16. April 2009)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1594202109
- ISBN-13: 978-1594202100
- Vom Hersteller empfohlenes Alter: 18 - 17 Jahre
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,1 x 15,2 x 2,3 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 220.883 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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“As the 19th-century philosopher William James wisely understood, what you selectively notice and attend to is what makes up your experience. It is your life! Winifred Gallagher gets it. She has written a provocative, illuminating, and captivating book on the power and importance of attention in multiple domains of life – relationships, work, leisure, health. What makes some people happier, healthier, more fulfilled, more creative, or more engaged than others? Because of what they pay attention to.”
—Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness
"Many will benefit from this thoughtful book. Among other 21st century challenges, the increasing velocity of communication threatens to drive us into a permanent sea- storm of distraction. Thank you, Winifred Gallagher, for bringing our attention back to the essential matter of attention."
—David Shenk, author, Data Smog and The Forgetting
“This wonderful and inspiring book asks readers to remember something so simple and yet so little appreciated—what you focus upon profoundly affects your quality of life. I can’t think anyone who wouldn’t benefit from the message contained herein. It’s a powerful and much needed prescription for these tumultuous times.”
—Sarah Susanka, author of The Not So Big Life and The Not So Big House series
—Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness
"Many will benefit from this thoughtful book. Among other 21st century challenges, the increasing velocity of communication threatens to drive us into a permanent sea- storm of distraction. Thank you, Winifred Gallagher, for bringing our attention back to the essential matter of attention."
—David Shenk, author, Data Smog and The Forgetting
“This wonderful and inspiring book asks readers to remember something so simple and yet so little appreciated—what you focus upon profoundly affects your quality of life. I can’t think anyone who wouldn’t benefit from the message contained herein. It’s a powerful and much needed prescription for these tumultuous times.”
—Sarah Susanka, author of The Not So Big Life and The Not So Big House series
Kurzbeschreibung
Winifred Gallagher revolutionizes our understanding of attention and the creation of the interested life
In Rapt, acclaimed behavioral science writer Winifred Gallagher makes the radical argument that the quality of your life largely depends on what you choose to pay attention to and how you choose to do it. Gallagher grapples with provocative questions—Can we train our focus? What’s different about the way creative people pay attention? Why do we often zero in on the wrong factors when making big decisions, like where to move?—driving us to reconsider what we think we know about attention.
Gallagher looks beyond sound bites on our proliferating BlackBerries and the increased incidence of ADD in children to the discoveries of neuroscience and psychology and the wisdom of home truths, profoundly altering and expanding the contemporary conversation on attention and its power. Science’s major contribution to the study of attention has been the discovery that its basic mechanism is an either/or process of selection. That we focus may be a biological necessity— research now proves we can process only a little information at a time, or about 173 billion bits over an average life—but the good news is that we have much more control over our focus than we think, which gives us a remarkable yet underappreciated capacity to influence our experience. As suggested by the expression “pay attention,” this cognitive currency is a finite resource that we must learn to spend wisely. In Rapt, Gallagher introduces us to a diverse cast of characters—artists and ranchers, birders and scientists—who have learned to do just that and whose stories are profound lessons in the art of living the interested life. No matter what your quotient of wealth, looks, brains, or fame, increasing your satisfaction means focusing more on what really interests you and less on what doesn’t. In asserting its groundbreaking thesis—the wise investment of your attention is the single most important thing you can do to improve your well-being—Rapt yields fresh insights into the nature of reality and what it means to be fully alive.
In Rapt, acclaimed behavioral science writer Winifred Gallagher makes the radical argument that the quality of your life largely depends on what you choose to pay attention to and how you choose to do it. Gallagher grapples with provocative questions—Can we train our focus? What’s different about the way creative people pay attention? Why do we often zero in on the wrong factors when making big decisions, like where to move?—driving us to reconsider what we think we know about attention.
Gallagher looks beyond sound bites on our proliferating BlackBerries and the increased incidence of ADD in children to the discoveries of neuroscience and psychology and the wisdom of home truths, profoundly altering and expanding the contemporary conversation on attention and its power. Science’s major contribution to the study of attention has been the discovery that its basic mechanism is an either/or process of selection. That we focus may be a biological necessity— research now proves we can process only a little information at a time, or about 173 billion bits over an average life—but the good news is that we have much more control over our focus than we think, which gives us a remarkable yet underappreciated capacity to influence our experience. As suggested by the expression “pay attention,” this cognitive currency is a finite resource that we must learn to spend wisely. In Rapt, Gallagher introduces us to a diverse cast of characters—artists and ranchers, birders and scientists—who have learned to do just that and whose stories are profound lessons in the art of living the interested life. No matter what your quotient of wealth, looks, brains, or fame, increasing your satisfaction means focusing more on what really interests you and less on what doesn’t. In asserting its groundbreaking thesis—the wise investment of your attention is the single most important thing you can do to improve your well-being—Rapt yields fresh insights into the nature of reality and what it means to be fully alive.
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Interesting review of attention
26. Mai 2009
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I purchased RAPT after hearing an excerpt on NPR. I am a physician who specializes in ADHD and was curious to find out what a layperson would publish about paying attention. I found the book readable and a good balance of anecdotes and data from psychological research. The information on ADHD was about 5 to 10 years out of date, but not grossly inaccurate. It is a good summary of the spiritual value of a mindful life including hard science support for the author's intuitive points.
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Skillfully Manage Your Attention For Success. Exceptional book exploring the relationship between attention, focus, and success
4. Mai 2009
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I like this book because it makes the neuroscience understandable and applicable. I enjoy books that are based on hard science backed by examples and stories that bring it home at the layman's level.
I found this book fascinating on many fronts. It takes a deep look at how what we focus on tends to be more of what we get and goes in depth on adaptive focus.
The two chapters I found most interesting were the chapters on work and productivity and Nurture: This is your brain on attention.
The author makes a strong argument about the superficial amount of focus children give due to technology overwhelm. Where hours of focused practice made for successful mastery of subjects, today's youth (and increasingly, many adults) are unable to focus long enough to complete tasks requiring intellectual rigor or deep thought. Or in the words of the author: "when you're finally forced to confront intellectually demanding situations in high school or college, you may find that you've traded depth of knowledge for breadth and stunted your capacity for serious thought."
In a time of information overwhelm, this is the one book that everyone should read, thoroughly.
I found this book fascinating on many fronts. It takes a deep look at how what we focus on tends to be more of what we get and goes in depth on adaptive focus.
The two chapters I found most interesting were the chapters on work and productivity and Nurture: This is your brain on attention.
The author makes a strong argument about the superficial amount of focus children give due to technology overwhelm. Where hours of focused practice made for successful mastery of subjects, today's youth (and increasingly, many adults) are unable to focus long enough to complete tasks requiring intellectual rigor or deep thought. Or in the words of the author: "when you're finally forced to confront intellectually demanding situations in high school or college, you may find that you've traded depth of knowledge for breadth and stunted your capacity for serious thought."
In a time of information overwhelm, this is the one book that everyone should read, thoroughly.
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Has limited practical applicability to people interested in improving their attention...
26. Juli 2009
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe|Von Amazon bestätigter Kauf
As someone who is interested in improving my personal productivity, I chanced upon this book after looking at Amazon. The book was a disappointment. Key Takeaways from the book who can decide if they still want to invest in the book,
1. There are two types of attention, Top-Down (What do you want to concentrate on?) and Bottom-Up (what's the obvious thing to home in on here?)
2. Attention is a zero sum game.
3. Focus on the positives vs. negatives. Refer to How of Happiness for more practical way to internalize it.
4. Take Mike Posner's Attention Network Test to check your current baseline
5. Meditation or just spending time in solitude is great for concentration. No practical ways to implement this.
6. Learn to listen well and not project your opinions. Also observe how your partner handles good news vs. bad news. Learn to accept that you can be vulnerable, your partner will cherish that.
The author writes in tangential style, citing references in the middle of making a point and never inferring an actionable conclusion. I would advise book lovers who want to improve their concentration to refer to Prof's Csikszentmihalyi book if you want to learn something practical.
Your un-rapted book reader,
Fred
1. There are two types of attention, Top-Down (What do you want to concentrate on?) and Bottom-Up (what's the obvious thing to home in on here?)
2. Attention is a zero sum game.
3. Focus on the positives vs. negatives. Refer to How of Happiness for more practical way to internalize it.
4. Take Mike Posner's Attention Network Test to check your current baseline
5. Meditation or just spending time in solitude is great for concentration. No practical ways to implement this.
6. Learn to listen well and not project your opinions. Also observe how your partner handles good news vs. bad news. Learn to accept that you can be vulnerable, your partner will cherish that.
The author writes in tangential style, citing references in the middle of making a point and never inferring an actionable conclusion. I would advise book lovers who want to improve their concentration to refer to Prof's Csikszentmihalyi book if you want to learn something practical.
Your un-rapted book reader,
Fred
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