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INTRODUCTION
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Dr. Sahar Yousef
Neuroscientist
Founder, Stoa Partners
Lucas Miller
Human Performance Researcher
Co-Founder, Stoa Partners
Greg Shove
Founder/Executive Chairman
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4. We Work in the Age of
Distraction
INTRODUCTION
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5. Greg’s Neurocognitive Results
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Factor High-level Score
Sustained Attention Above average for age and demographics
Complex Working Memory Below average for age and demographics
Auditory Working Memory Significantly above average for age and demographics

6. Greg’s Neurocognitive Results
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Factor High-level Score
Sustained Attention Above average for age and demographics
Complex Working Memory Below average for age and demographics
Auditory Working Memory Significantly above average for age and demographics

7. Greg’s Neurocognitive Results
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Factor High-level Score
Sustained Attention Above average for age and demographics
Complex Working Memory Below average for age and demographics
Auditory Working Memory Significantly above average for age and demographics

8. What Happened?
IT’S NOT JUST GREG
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9. IBM introduces email in
the early 1980s
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10. Here we are now...

11. If we connect all the people,
all the time, they will get
more done.
CONNECTIVITY HYPOTHESIS

12. So we started using more
and more
communications tools
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13. Then we knocked the
walls down to get us
closer
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14. And now we have our
phones on us 24/7...
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The results?
We’re miserable.

16. Distracted Overwhelmed Always Busy
Today We Feel:
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17. “People go to work, and they’re basically trading in their day
for a series of “work moments”. You don’t have a work day
anymore. It’s like the front door of the office is like a Cuisinart,
and you walk in and your day is shredded to bits...and before you
know it, it's 5 pm, and you look back on the day, and you realize
that you didn't get anything done.”
Jason Fried
CEO, Basecamp
Creator, Ruby on Rails
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18. The connectivity hypothesis
failed to deliver.
RESULT

19. We get less done and are
more stressed than ever

20. Our brains aren’t wired for
constant connectivity.
WHY?
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21. Constant Connectivity =
Constant Distraction
BECAUSE
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22. STUDY #1
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Distracted Brains Burn More
Cognitive Energy

23. STUDY #2
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Open Offices Actually Make Us
Less Productive

24. STUDY #3
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The Mere Presence of a Phone
Makes Us Less Intelligent

25. Bad news:
it’s getting worse

26. More time zones
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27. More notifications
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28. More devices
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29. We Need to Accept Our Biology
SO WHAT DO WE DO?
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30. We are not designed to run
like computers.
PRINCIPLE #1
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31. Our resources (time, attention,
and energy) are finite.
PRINCIPLE #2
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32. Time Attention Energy
We Need to Protect Our:
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33. There are many tools
to protect these resources

34. The Focus Sprint
THE SINGLE HIGHEST RETURN HABIT

35. A dedicated block of time to
intentionally focus and
accomplish a high-value task
DEFINITION OF FOCUS SPRINT

36. Identify an ideal block of time
STEP 1: PROTECT YOUR TIME
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37. Schedule a meeting
with yourself

38. Determine your goal and
break it into small chunks
STEP 2: PROTECT YOUR ATTENTION
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39. Put the description and
chunks in the calendar
event.

40. Turn off notifications
STEP 3: PROTECT YOUR ENERGY
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41. Turn on airplane mode and
put your phone away

42. 1. Set aside a block of time
2. Write down your specific goal
3. Turn off notifications
REVIEW OF THE FOCUS SPRINT
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43. We (and our employers)
want to be “on” all the
time.

44. But biologically, it’s not
possible.

45. How Connected Do You Really
Need to Be?
ASK YOURSELF
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46. The good news:
There are more proven
techniques that you and
your team can use.

47. Q&A
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