Train Your Brain to Focus

01/28/19 • 28 min

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Like many people, Becca has trouble concentrating on one task at a time, with emails, chats, and social media distracting her from her work. But, she's determined to get focused. For a week, she commits to a regimented focus routine recommended by concentration aficionado Cal Newport to see if she can train her brain to stay on track.

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Transcript

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Oh man, it's already noon. I gotta get going on my story. Hello, blank page, All right, I can do this. Here we go typing a sentence. This is hard. I wonder what's happening on Twitter. I'll just click over for a quick minute breaking news. Everything is horrible. No, your horror. This is a distraction. Distraction gate stop. Here's a photo of a panda. Oh god, it's three thirty. Why do I ever read Twitter? I feel like garbage. I really need to get