Continually seeking novel stimuli makes us feel more productive — after all, we’re doing more in each moment. But again, just because we’re busier do… - Chris Bailey

just because we’re busier doesn’t mean we’re getting more accomplished.

the internet is basically the world’s largest candy store for your limbic system.

When it comes to productivity and creativity, scatterfocus enables you to do three powerful things at once. First, as I’ll discuss in this chapter, it allows you to set intentions and plan for the future. It’s impossible to set future intentions when you’re immersed in the present. By stepping back and directing your attention inward, you’re able to switch off autopilot and consider what to do next. Your brain automatically plans for the future when you rest — you just need to give it the space and time to do so.

common sense isn’t always common action.