Manual № 71 · Attention and focus in a distracting job

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The manual for attention and focus in a distracting job.

Not a system. The small number of things that actually protect attention.

12 modules — for the person whose working day is shredded into pieces

  1. 01What Attention Actually Is
  2. 02When It Is Not a Focus Problem
  3. 03Switching Costs and Attention Residue
  4. 04The Interruption, and the Twenty-Three Minutes
  5. 05The Interruption You Cause
  6. 06Change the Room, Not the Resolve
  1. 07Notifications, Sorted
  2. 08How Long a Real Block Is
  3. 09Boredom and the First Ten Minutes
  4. 10Email and Messaging, Batched
  5. 11Meetings, Shared Space, and the Negotiation
  6. 12One Changed Week

Two editions

Themanual,orthemanualand the toolkit.

Standard edition

$39

The full program: all 12 modules, with the exercises, logs, and checklists that save as you go. Everything you need to do the work.

Elite edition · most complete

$69

Everything in Standard, plus The Toolkit, 14 techniques drawn from across the evidence base, each labeled with where it comes from and how good the support actually is, to use alongside this program rather than instead of it. With original diagrams throughout.

Start with Standard if you would rather. You can upgrade to Elite at any time for the $30 difference, and nothing you have written is lost. And once you own one manual, every other one is 20% off.

Inside The Toolkit

  1. 01The Attention Budget
  2. 02Residue, and the Landing Note
  3. 03If-Then Plans
  4. 04Stimulus Control
  5. 05Fewer Fights, Not Better Fighting
  6. 06The Parking Lot
  7. 07Training the Sustain
  1. 08The First Ten Minutes
  2. 09Batching, and What It Costs
  3. 10Closing the Day
  4. 11Mind-Wandering, Which Is Not the Enemy
  5. 12The Physical Floor
  6. 13Asking for the Block
  7. 14Running the Experiment on Yourself

Educational content — not therapy, diagnosis, or treatment, and not a substitute for a clinician when one is needed. Every manual opens with a safety page. If you are thinking about suicide, call or text 988 now.