We tend to think of attention as a single phenomenon, something we direct somewhere to enhance processing information selectively. But that’s a misconception.  In her book Peak Mind, Jha writes that attention is made up of three subsystems, with each doing something distinct. Jha calls them the flashlight, the floodlight, and the juggler.  Let’s look […]

Several things occur when we’re at our most productive. We single-task, focusing on one thing at a time. We limit distractions. We know when our mind wanders and, when it does, guide it back to the task at hand.  Our tasks are on the edge of what’s achievable. Not too challenging. Not too easy. We […]