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Hyperfocus

How to Work Less and Achieve More

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By: Chris Bailey
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Summary

Hyperfocus by Chris Bailey is a practical guide to managing your attention – the most powerful resource you have to become more creative, get stuff done, and live a more meaningful life.

'The most productive man you'd ever hope to meet' – TED

In Hyperfocus, you will learn:

  • How working fewer hours can increase our productivity
  • How we get more done by making our work harder, not easier
  • How we do our best creative work when we're the most tired


Our attention has never been as overwhelmed as it is today and we've never been so busy while accomplishing so little.

In Hyperfocus, Chris Bailey provides profound insights into how we can best manage our attention. He reveals how the brain switches between two mental modes – hyperfocus, our deep concentration mode, and scatterfocus, our creative, reflective mode – and how the surest path to being our most creative and efficient selves at work is to combine them both.

'Extraordinary' – David Allen, author of Getting Things Done

'The best productivity plans call for strategy, not just hacks or tactics – When you read this book, get ready to do your most important work!' – Chris Guillebeau, author of Side Hustle

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Critic reviews

An engaging book . . . Bailey teaches how to re-examine your tasks, determine your priorities and minimize interruptions.
A must-read for readers seeking to regain control of their ability to concentrate.
Extraordinary [and] eye-opening. (David Allen, author of Getting Things Done)
Attention-grabbing... Chris Bailey offers actionable, data-driven insights for sharpening your focus – and finding the right moments to blur it.
When you have read this book, get ready to do your most important work! (Chris Guillebeau, author of The $100 Startup, The Art of Non-Conformity, and The Happiness of Pursuit)
Let me guess. You’re like me. You don’t have time to read this book. Or any book! Who has time for books anymore? Well, that’s perfect. Because it means you have the disease. And right now you’re holding the cure. (Neil Pasricha, author of The Book of Awesome and The Happiness Equation)
I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to do more of what matters in a distracted world. (Laura Vanderkam, author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast and 168 Hours)
I loved the book. (Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism)
Practical, well written and timely. (Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential)
A lifeline in a world in which we are all overwhelmed with too much to do and not enough time to do it. Read this book if you want a stress-relieving salve as well as a guarantee to improve both your productivity and happiness. (Jim Citrin, author of The Career Playbook)
Using all of the latest science, Bailey gives readers practical, incredible frameworks to change how you work. (Vanessa Van Edwards, author of Captivate)
Pay attention to Chris Bailey – this book is well worth the focus. (Peter Bregman, author of 18 Minutes)
Hyperfocus takes decades of scientific insights and pairs them with practical application to show us all how best to manage and multiply our attention. (David Burkus, author of Under New Management and Friend of a Friend)
A fascinating guide to managing our attention . . . a wonderful toolbox full of practical and detailed best practices. I can't wait to give these ideas a try. (Kai-Fu Lee, Founder of Google China, Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures)
This book will appeal to a wide audience, from those in business to self-help seekers and busy parents.
All stars
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I liked the first half of book most, very interesting. I tried some of the common sense tips, and used the ideas, I definitely feel
the improvement in work load I do, and more important higher quality work done by me ;-)

The explanations on how the mind processes data is super good, explains a lot and the ideas fit the theory very well..

Good book, well read

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I had probably very high or too high expectations for the book.
The book is good the fact is that the author and the structure of the book didn't really work for me.

I was expecting more

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the suggestions in this book are not just applicable to your professional life but personal life too. with such a vast array of tools everyone who reads this book will have at least three things they will want to test in their own lives.

Packed with deep insights and practical tips

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It might have been the wrong time for me to read this book but I just didn’t get into it in the same way I do other personal development books. Having said that it does have some very useful tips which I am very grateful for as I’m convinced they will be very useful for me. I think 4 stars is fair as it was certainly good but not perhaps superb

I couldn’t quite get to loving this book but found it very useful nonetheless

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overall I enjoyed this, I found it to be informative and I'm looking forward to putting things into practice

pretty interesting stuff

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