how important it is to choose what you consume and pay attention to: just as you are what you eat, when it comes to the information you consume, you … - Chris Bailey

Constantly trying to do more things — instead of the right things — leads to more stress, poorer quality of work, and lower productivity.

choose a productive or meaningful object of attention; eliminate as many external and internal distractions as you can; focus on that chosen object of attention; and continually draw your focus back to that one object of attention.

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.