Gloria Mark, PhD: What's Happened to Our Attention Span and How Can We Regain Focus?

<p class="p1"><strong>Gloria Mark, PhD is the author of “Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity”.</strong> In this fascinating conversation Gloria explains the science of attention and specific solutions for regaining focus with our personal technologies. You’ll learn why the average attention span is now 47 seconds and why she believes it is important to make our wellbeing a priority. If you are looking for proven ways to get less distracted and live happier, this is a must listen! <strong>Check out our website for the show notes and join the newsletter to get a free copy of Michele’s Book, Design a Life You Love, for a limited time. </strong><a href= "https://thegoodlifecoach.com/246"><span class= "s1"><strong>https://thegoodlifecoach.com/246</strong></span></a></p> <p class="p1"><strong>What You’ll Learn:</strong></p> <ol class="ol1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s2">Whether attention span is a global issue and what she observed</span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2">How her research over nearly twenty years shows that “<strong>our attention spans are declining, averaging just 47 seconds on any screen</strong>.” It used to be 2.5 minutes.</span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2">Some of the reasons we have diminishing attention span</span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2">The different attention types she discovered</span></li> </ol> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li3"><span class="s2">Multi-tasking which eats up our attentional resources</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s2">When we are mentally exhausted we are more susceptible to distractions</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s2">Technology isn’t the only issue as 1/2 the time we self-interrupt, and much more.</span></li> </ul> <p class="p4"> </p> <p class="p5"><strong>LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST:</strong></p> <p class="p6"><span class= "s3"><strong>Website:</strong> <a href= "http://www.gloriamark.com/"><span class= "s1">www.gloriamark.com</span></a></span></p> <p class="p6"><span class=