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The better we get at unhooking and choosing toward moves, the better our quality of life and the greater our health, well-being, and happiness.
The Happiness Trap
Harris, Russ
As Real America breaks down the ossified libertarianism of Free America, Just America assails the complacent meritocracy of Smart America.
George Packer
theatlantic.com
The cost of not structuring our attention is higher stress, lower productivity, and impaired performance on the most important tasks. In a harrowing example, a study of nearly 1 million surgeries found that if a procedure was performed on the surgeon’s birthday, patients were more likely to die soon thereafter, apparently because the surgeon faced more distractions.
The Secret to Success Is ‘Monotasking’
theatlantic.com
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