Hello everybody, welcome back to the show, my guest today is Johan Hari, he's a writer and a journalist.

You probably struggle to focus on the task that you're doing. You probably wish that you could

pay attention for longer and that you were less easily distracted. Why is this such a common problem?

Is this a byproduct of the modern era, technology, social media? Johan has traveled the world,

trying to work out what's going on. Expect to learn how your attention system works,

whether the attention loss is reversible, whether modern life is going to further decrease our

productivity, the relationship between sleep and focus, what impact stress and diet has,

whether phone addiction is to blame, the single biggest influence Johan found,

which you know when he's talking about, the strategies which help to regain focus,

and much more. I don't know of a single person that likes the relationship that they have with

their phone. There isn't a single person that I meet as say, hey man, what's your relationship

like with technology? They say, yeah, do you know what it is? It really adds a lot to my life.

I never overuse it. I don't think that it actually detracts away from me pursuing my meaning for long

term goals. Everybody, absolutely everybody has a problem with their attention and their focus.

And it's something that not only impact your daily productivity, but also your long term happiness

and quality of life. This is an incredibly important conversation. So do your best to try and

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