Concentrating – that is, resisting the need to answer e-mail, Tweet, chat, IM, read, talk on the phone, listen to music and eavesdrop on your co-worker simultaneously and focus on the task at hand – is tougher than ever in this multi-tasking age, according to Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life, a new book by Winifred Gallagher. Still with me? There’s more here (NYTimes).
— Gretchen Schmidt