Find Your Focus Zone: An Effective New Plan to Defeat Distraction and Overload - Softcover

Palladino, Lucy Jo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1416532013 ISBN 13: 9781416532019

Publisher: Free Press, 2011

Synopsis

In this groundbreaking book, author and psychologist Lucy Jo Palladino shows us how to fearlessly find the perfect arousal level so we can concentrate even when we're under pressure, or facing dull but important tasks that simply need to get done. For the millions of people who combat distraction every day, this friendly, practical book with its innovative techniques is just what the doctor ordered.

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Review

"A favorite coach of mine once said to me, 'You can have anything you want, you just can't have everything you want.' "Find Your Focus Zone" is a roadmap for eliminating the bombardment of daily distractions and focusing on the things that matter most to you, whether that be running a marathon, running a business, running a family, or just plain running your life."

-- Dean Karnazes, author of "Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner"

"Coaching people to optimize their brain's functioning is a new and much-needed field in our overloaded world. Civilization and our cyber world have clearly outstripped our brain's ability to deal with all that information, so we need all the help we can get. Lucy Jo gives practical tools to help all of us deal with the constant overloaded state in which we find ourselves immersed."

-- John Ratey, MD, author of "A User's Guide to the Brain" and co-author of "Driven to Distraction"

"Lucy Jo Palladino has done it again! This is a truly remarkable, insightful, and useful guide to optimizing both your life and your performance. Buy several copies, as you'll keep thinking of people you want to share it with while you're reading it!"

-- Thom Hartmann, author of "Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception"

""Find Your Focus Zone" is a fun, entertaining, energetic, and great resource, jam-packed with simple, ready-to-use perspectives that help you understand more clearly the increasingly fast-paced world. Dr. Palladino's eight sets of cognitive strategies are surefire ways to focus your attention and perform at new high levels. It makes my top ten list of 'be sure to read'...and 'be sure to apply.'"

-- James Bauman, PhD, U.S. Olympic Committee Sport Psychologist

"With technology exploding, the single biggest productivity challenge workers face is the ability to focus on a single task long enough to see it through to completion. "Find Your Focus Zone" is a seminal work in the science of attention and a must-read for every distracted professional. Focus is power."

-- Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, "The Productivity Pro(R)," author of "Leave the Office Earlier" and "Find More Time"

"In this age of digital distractions we all need strategies and tools to help us choose where to place our attention and how to stay focused on the really important stuff that makes life meaningful. Dr. Lucy Jo Palladino's "Find Your Focus Zone" offers that help in a book that is both insightful and accessible. I highly recommend "Find Your Focus Zone." "

-- Neil Fiore, PhD, author of "Awaken Your Strongest Self" and "The Now Habit "

About the Author

Lucy Jo Palladino, PhD, is the author of Dreamers, Discoverers, and Dynamos: How to Help the Child Who Is Bright, Bored, and Having Problems in School (formerly titled The Edison Trait). She is an award-winning psychologist and attention expert with thirty years of professional experience. Dr. Palladino, who lectures nationwide, has received several federal research grants, published numerous articles in professional journals, and presented papers at national conferences. She has also taken advanced training in sports psychology and served on the clinical faculty of the University of Arizona Medical School. Her research findings have been featured in Family Circle, Men's Health, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and Web MD. In recent years, she has appeared as the resident psychologist for the The Morning Show on KFMB-TV, the CBS affiliate in San Diego, California. You can learn more about her work at www.YourFocusZone.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1416532013
• ISBN 13: 9781416532019
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304