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Jul 2020
1h 21m

How To Control Your Attention and Choose...

Dr Rangan Chatterjee: GP & Author
About this episode
We are living through a crisis of distraction. Plans get sidetracked, friends are ignored, work never seems to get done. You sit down at your desk to work on an important project, but a notification on your phone interrupts your morning. Later, as you're about to get back to work, you receive an email that you need to reply to. At home, screens get in the wa ... Show More
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