The Attention Paradox: Rethinking focus for the modern mind
Autor Dr. Benjamin Sharpeen Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 feb 2027
Perhaps you're a parent trying to balance work demands with being present for your children; a student struggling to concentrate through long lectures. You might be a professional drowning in emails and meetings, or simply someone who feels constantly distracted in our hyperconnected world.
Whatever brought you here, you've likely blamed yourself for attention struggles that feel like personal failings. But the truth is, everything you've been told about attention is wrong. You're not lazy, undisciplined or fundamentally flawed. Your attention isn't broken, your brain isn't failing you - it's working exactly the way it should be.
Dr Benjamin Sharpe is a cognitive scientist who studies attention whilst struggling with his own restless brain. In The Attention Paradox he reveals the truth about human attention: sustained focus was never meant to be constant. Different minds work differently, some wander, some need movement, some thrive on chaos. None are failures.
Drawing from cognitive science, neuroscience, personal experience, and years of research, The Attention Paradox dismantles productivity myths and offers something more valuable: how your attention truly works, why modern life fragments everyone's focus, and what you can actually change.
The Attention Paradox will challenge the very premise that perfect, sustained focus should be your goal, replacing impossible standards with understanding and practical wisdom. By its end, you will still have the same attention span, but you will finally understand how to use it.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780349449050
ISBN-10: 0349449058
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 156 x 240 x 22 mm
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Piatkus
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0349449058
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 156 x 240 x 22 mm
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Piatkus
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
THE ATTENTION PARADOX: THE HARDER YOU CHASE PERFECT FOCUS, THE MORE YOU UNDERMINE IT.
Perhaps you're a parent trying to balance the demands of work with being present for your children, or a student struggling to concentrate through long lectures. You might be a professional buried in emails and meetings, or simply someone who feels constantly distracted in an always-on world.
Whatever brought you here, you have probably blamed yourself for attention struggles that feel like personal failings. Much of what we have been told about attention is misleading, and the difficulties you experience are not a sign of laziness or a lack of discipline, because your brain is doing precisely what it evolved to do.
Dr Benjamin Sharpe is a cognitive scientist who studies attention whilst living with a restless brain of his own. In The Attention Paradox he explains why sustained focus was never meant to be constant, and why minds differ in how they attend. Some wander, some need movement and some work best amid a certain amount of chaos, and none of these patterns is a failure.
Drawing on cognitive science, neuroscience, years of research and his own experience, Ben sets aside popular productivity myths to explain how attention really works, why modern life fragments everyone's focus, and what you can realistically change.
The Attention Paradox challenges the idea that perfect, sustained focus should be the goal at all, replacing impossible standards with understanding and practical guidance. By the final page your attention span will be the same, but you will know how to make the most of it.
Perhaps you're a parent trying to balance the demands of work with being present for your children, or a student struggling to concentrate through long lectures. You might be a professional buried in emails and meetings, or simply someone who feels constantly distracted in an always-on world.
Whatever brought you here, you have probably blamed yourself for attention struggles that feel like personal failings. Much of what we have been told about attention is misleading, and the difficulties you experience are not a sign of laziness or a lack of discipline, because your brain is doing precisely what it evolved to do.
Dr Benjamin Sharpe is a cognitive scientist who studies attention whilst living with a restless brain of his own. In The Attention Paradox he explains why sustained focus was never meant to be constant, and why minds differ in how they attend. Some wander, some need movement and some work best amid a certain amount of chaos, and none of these patterns is a failure.
Drawing on cognitive science, neuroscience, years of research and his own experience, Ben sets aside popular productivity myths to explain how attention really works, why modern life fragments everyone's focus, and what you can realistically change.
The Attention Paradox challenges the idea that perfect, sustained focus should be the goal at all, replacing impossible standards with understanding and practical guidance. By the final page your attention span will be the same, but you will know how to make the most of it.