The importance of flow states and how to reclaim focus | Johann Hari & Ben Grynol

Author of the book Stolen Focus @johann.hari joined us for our A Whole New Level podcast to discuss why flow states are important for goal achievement, the 12 factors that steal our attention, and how we can reclaim our focus. Here are some key moments from the episode.

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🏆 Focus is crucial for accomplishing challenging tasks, whether work-related milestones or personal benchmarks. “Think about anything you’ve ever achieved in your life that you are proud of, whether it’s starting a business, being a good parent, learning to play the guitar—whatever it is, that thing that you are proud of required a huge amount of sustained focus and attention. And when your ability to focus is diminished, your ability to achieve your goals is diminished.” —Johann Hari

🙇♀️ When the ability to focus feels elusive, we often blame ourselves. But 12 powerful factors in the world we live in today steal our attention. “If you’re struggling to focus and pay attention, if your kids are struggling to focus and pay attention, there’s nothing wrong with you and there’s nothing wrong with them; there’s something wrong with the way we are living.” —Johann Hari

⏰ It takes you on average 23 minutes to get back to the level of focus you had before you were interrupted. “But most of us never get 23 minutes without being interrupted, so we’re constantly operating at this lower level of cognitive capacity. You think, ‘Oh, why didn’t my worker respond to the email? It would've taken him 10 seconds.’ Well, it would’ve taken him 10 seconds plus the 23 minutes to refocus afterwards.” —Johann Hari

🤹♀️ We live in a society that often champions multitasking, but we can’t truly multitask. When we try to do it, we often further impede our focus and productivity. And we impede our competency. “It is the switch-cost effect. When you try and do more than one thing at a time, it turns out you do all the things you’re trying to do much less competently.” —Johann Hari

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