Focus Quote by Nicholas Carr

“Jordan Grafman, head of the cognitive neuroscience unit at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, explains that the constant shifting of our…

— Nicholas Carr

“The brain cannot multitask”

— John Medina

“We need an extra level of vigilance to prevent our brains from absorbing irrelevant, counterproductive or downright destructive input. It’s a never-ending battle to…

— Darren Hardy

“The brain is an incredible multitasker. At the same time that it's piercing itself with superheated needles of anguish, it's ruthlessly making plans, contingencies,…

— Leah Raeder

“Creative minds are highly susceptible to distraction, and our newfound connectivity poses a powerful temptation for all of us to drift off focus.”

— Jocelyn K. Glei

“The brain is an incredible multitasker. At the same time that it’s piercing itself with superheated needles of anguish, it’s ruthlessly making plans, contingencies,…

— Leah Raeder

“When someone believes they’re smarter, more talented, just plain more right than anyone else, and they harbor this kind of need, they’re very, very…

— J.D. Robb

“Studies consistently show that the better people think they are at multitasking, the worse they actually are and I am GREAT at it.”

— John Green

“Our mind cannot be freed into the present moment while we are caged by the illusion of multitasking.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Because we don’t fully understand how our brains work, we do dumb things. We try to talk on our cell phones and drive at…

— John Medina

“The Internet is to our intellectual life what the universal unconscious is to our psychological life. In fact, the Internet is the new universal…

— Phillip DePoy

“The Human brain is a hotbed of imagination, capable of taking a simple stimulus and magnifying it many times greater than it is...let your…

— Red Phoenix