Rediscover your ability to pay attention with this new and innovative method from the certified expert in distraction and multitasking. We spend an average of 47 seconds on any screen before shifting our attention, and it takes 25 minutes to regain focus on a task after an interruption. We distract ourselves more than others distract us. In this book, psychologist Gloria Mark reveals these and other surprising findings from decades of research into how technology affects our attention. She shows how wrong what we think we know is, including ideas such as: • Why does multitasking harm productivity more than it helps? • How do social media and modern entertainment shorten our attention spans? • What depletes our mental resources, and how do we recharge them? • Identifying the four forms of attention we exhibit daily and how to differentiate them. Although the concept of "flow" was considered the optimal state for concentration, Dr. Gloria introduces a new framework to help clarify how our minds work in the digital world: kinetic attention. This book reveals how we can control our attention not only to achieve greater success in our professional lives but also to enhance health and well-being in our daily lives.