FINDING FOCUS

This book argues that focus allows us to experience fulfillment in all spheres of our lifefrom relationships to rest. In addition to this practical guide to retraining your brain to focus in an age of distraction, Finding Focus also includes a 21 Day Kickstart guide with daily tasks to help readers jumpstart their focus journey.

Our brains our wired for focus. We are designed for it, we crave it, and yet in an age of distraction, focus remains more elusive than ever. Finding Focus is a powerful, holistic approach to recovering your attention and training your brain to concentrate in a world defined by distraction. The technology around us is quite literally designed to catch and keep our attention, so it's no wonder that we feel endlessly distracted. Using science-backed approaches, behavioral scientist Dr. Zelana Montminy guides readers on a journey to reclaim their attention. Focus is a skill and through practical tools, exercises, and simple tips readers will learn how to improve it. Finding Focus explores the multifaceted physical and behavioral dynamics involved in focus, from how we feed our brains to the habits that improve concentration. The book also includes a 21 day kickstart guide to rebuild your attention from the ground up, along with a toolkit of "emergency" concentration tools for when life gets crazy. Focus is key to our ability to do good work, but it's connected to so much more than efficiency or productivity. When our rest is punctured by email notifications we feel exhausted; when family time is disrupted by multitasking we seem disconnected from each other; when creative space is drained away by the lure of the endless internet we feel empty. But if we can control our attention and be present, if we choose when and how we engage, we have a greater sense of wellbeing, deeper fulfillment, and a clear purpose. Finding Focus is an empowering guide to retraining your brain to focus, and reclaiming the things you love in the process. Dr. Zelana Montminy is a renowned behavioral scientist delivering a fresh perspective rooted in the latest research, paving the way for a new approach to emotional wellbeing she calls mental fitness. A prominent figure in Positive Psychology and one of Maria Shriver's "Architects of Change," she is the author of 21 Days to Resilience (HarperOne). Dr. Zelana is a world-class speaker, a go-to authority in the media, and consultant to executives, corporations, schools, athletic teams, and universities worldwide. She is currently working with U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams on mental health and resilience training. Her clients include most recently American Express, KPMG, Coca Cola, Estee Lauder, Bank of America, and Capital Group. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.