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The attention deck is stacked against you.

The attention deck is stacked against you.

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Adam Griffin
Mar 10, 2023
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1 big idea worth considering.


Our brains process an unfathomable amount of input per day.

Through reading and hearing alone, we’re processing around 100,000 words on any given day.

With the explosion of the internet over the past 30 years, those numbers have been on a growth curve that doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon.

And you know what else has increased at a similar rate?

Our inability to produce focused attention.

But it’s not our fault. The attention deck is stacked against us.

Here’s how, and here’s what to do about it.

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