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Title: Real focus: take control and start living the life you want / Psychologies Magazine.
Description: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons,
2016. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016006352 | ISBN 9780857086600 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Time management. | Distraction (Psychology) | Attention.
Classification: LCC BF637.T5 R43 2016 | DDC 650.1–dc23 LC record available at
http://lccn.loc.gov/2016006352
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ISBN 978-0-857-08660-0 (pbk) ISBN 978-0-857-08661-7 (ebk)
ISBN 978-0-857-08662-4 (ebk)
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by Suzy Greaves, Editor, Psychologies
Time is the currency of our lives. We are all given the same amount of time to spend – 8760 hours a year, 730 hours a month, 168 hours a week – so how are we choosing to spend that time? Your ability to focus, be it giving the full beam of your attention to the people you love or delivering an important project at work, can mean the difference between a happy, productive life and a lost, miserable one.
That's why I love this book. It helps you discover the key to spending your time consciously and wisely instead of frittering days away on reacting to the assault of never-ending demands – which means you'll be free to proactively create the life you really want.
At Psychologies, our slogan on the front of the magazine is ‘your life, your way’. Our readers are passionate about creating a life that works for them on their own terms. But, as we all know, that's difficult to do when we find ourselves distracted, overwhelmed and frazzled. How can you even begin to ask the bigger questions (What do I want? Where am I going? What do I want to create?) when you're squashed flat under a giant to-do list? This book encourages you to create the space and time to identify what really is stealing your time and attention so you can create a strategy to focus on what really matters to you – with the help of the most renowned and respected productivity experts in the world.
I believe this book will not only save you time but quite literally save your life – one minute at a time. Are you ready? OK, let's focus.
Suzy Greaves, Editor, Psychologies
