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# Attention / Focus Literature

Category: [[attention-focus|Attention / Focus]]

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Indexed books with good content[a]:

1. Deep Work. Cal Newport.
2. Focus. Goleman.
3. The Memory Book. Harry Lorane and Jerry Lucas.

Read books I should index:

How to become a Straight-A Student
Getting Things Done
The Power of Habit
Poor Charlie’s Almanac
The Art of Learning

Flow:
Gallwey. Inner Game of Tennis.
Ericsson. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise.
Csikszentmihaly. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience.
Kottler. The Rise of Superman. Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance.

Books I should read:
Rock. Your Brain at Work.
Loehr. The Power of Full Engagement.
Doyle. The New Science of Learning
Heath. Make it Stick.
Zull. The Art of Changing the Brain.
Piers. The Procrastination Equation. 
Adler. How to Read a Book

Worthy Articles:
Strengthening the Student Toolbox
Speed Reading
Lack of Replication in Education Research

Techniques

1. Spaced Repetition
2. Neumonics
3. Memory Palace
4. Distraction avoidance
5. Meditation
6. Music
7. Pomodoro
8. Focus Tracking
9. Nootropics
10. Urge Propagation
11. 80 / 20 
12. Growth Mindset
13. Exercise
14. Nutrition
15. Breaks
16. Define a Study Schedule
17. Time limitation
18. Testing Yourself
19. Habit Formation
20. Visualization
21. Reward / Punishment Incentives
22. Goals
23. Minimum Step
[a]Worth reading the meta on this - Four Thousand Weeks

Productivity optimization as a fetish

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/54785515

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