ConZentrate

Feeling scattered, overloaded, or lost in your own head? Sam Horn's ConZentrate argues that your attention can be trained, and it lays out thirty-five concrete methods for doing so. The book starts from the everyday frustrations that drain focus: a cluttered desk, a mind that keeps wandering, and the stalled momentum of putting things off.

Rather than offering theory alone, the book applies its tactics to specific situations. It addresses staying on task in a noisy workplace, breaking the habit of procrastination, and keeping a living space from piling up with stuff. It also takes up the difficulties of Attention Deficit Disorder, or A.D.D., as a way of managing distraction. Throughout, Horn presents her ideas in a straightforward style meant for readers to pick up and use right away, with the stated goal of reaching a state of high performance.