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In his seventh business book, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and investor Gary Vaynerchuk offers fresh, in-depth advice to enhance brand development, grow sales, and beat the competition using modern advertising strategies grounded in social media.

Freedom from Social Media Addiction is a guided hypnosis session designed to help you retrain your attention and rebuild your peace of mind. Through soothing voice guidance, subconscious re-patterning, and carefully layered sound design, you’ll begin to reclaim your focus and rediscover satisfaction in the real world—right where you are.

Over decades of research and work with thousands of families, Russell A. Barkley has become a leading authority on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in kids and teens. He has learned what a huge difference parents can make in supporting their children's success - as well as how overwhelming it can be. This concise guide presents 12 key parenting principles for dealing with common behavioral, emotional, and school challenges.

This recording now includes a new introduction from the authors; an interview with Stewart Buttefield, co-founder of Slack, on how to send a smart message; with Bob Jiminez, communications expert, for more inclusive comms; and an interview with Tony Fratto, Former White House Deputy Press...

Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity...doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Our attention is the most precious - and overdrawn - resource we have. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine humankind's role in the environment, and find more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress.

Seeking Attention explores the essential but elusive nature of attention through a fresh lens. Drawing inspiration from Simone Weil's assertion that "attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity," this audiobook brings attention into focus through a novel collection of short "portraits" that each examine how archetypal figures—like the detective, the fan, the therapist, the parent, and the lover—engage with attention in unique ways.

“The Vanity Society: Why We Worship Fame, Follow Beauty, and Pay for Illusion” is a daring exploration of how modern culture turned mirrors into gods and attention into currency. From Hollywood red carpets to Instagram reels, Joseph Ejike Ojih (Ph.D.) uncovers how vanity has evolved from sin to status—fueling industries, shaping politics, and defining self-worth in the digital age. Drawing on history, psychology, and real-life stories, Dr. Ojih shows how admiration has become envy, authenticity has turned into performance, and beauty itself has become a form of capital. This book does...

Not all addictions come in bottles or pills. Every day, we reach for our phones, chase notifications, optimize routines, and compare ourselves to curated lives—often without noticing the grip these patterns have on our choices. *The Top 10 Addictions of Modern Life* peels back the surface of daily habits to reveal the subtle loops that shape attention, motivation, and desire in a world engineered for repetition. JD Arden maps out the most common non-substance compulsions—validation, control, outrage, perfection, speed, comparison, comfort, work, entertainment, and escape—showing how ...

Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed and distracted by social media? Do you find yourself spending hours scrolling through your feed without even realizing it? If so, it may be time to take a break and reconnect with the world around you. Introducing 30 Days Without Social Media, a mindfulness workbook designed to help you break free from the grips of social media addiction. Over the course of 30 days, you'll learn practical mindfulness techniques and strategies to help you reduce your dependence on social media and regain control of your time and attention. Each day, you'll be guided ...

A must-read action plan to reclaim your focus, direct your attention, and save your mind in an era of endless distraction. Our brains are wired for focus. We are designed for it, we crave it, and yet in our current age of overload, we often feel like our minds are bolting from one distraction to...

Your focus is no longer your own—it’s for sale. Every ping, every scroll, every irresistible notification is not an accident. It’s the product of a trillion-dollar marketplace where your attention is the hottest commodity. In Attention and the Economy of Distraction, Alex Whitman takes you behind the curtain of the modern economy that trades your time, manipulates your thoughts, and profits from every glance you give your screen. Drawing on history, psychology, and cutting-edge research, Whitman shows how the battle for attention moved from newspapers and television to smartphones and...

When Grace @FilthyBlueBird tweeted her dirtiest, most delicious secret desires to MovieStar @VaughnAsher she never expected a reply, let alone a face-to-face meeting and an offer of a lifetime. And when MovieStar @VaughnAsher figured out the woman vacationing at his family’s St. Thomas resort was the author of all those dirty hashtags a fan was relentlessly tweeting at him...well that was a challenge he couldn’t pass up. He was more than happy to #RockHerFilthyWorld.

In a world that never stops talking, your mind has become the marketplace—and your attention is the currency. Empty the Feed is a clear-eyed, uncompromising guide to reclaiming mental sovereignty in the age of infinite scroll. From the quiet landscapes where human cognition evolved to the high-velocity churn of today’s digital feeds, this book traces the hidden history of how technology reshaped the rhythms of thought. You’ll see how platforms weaponize engagement, why your brain’s ancient wiring struggles against algorithmic compulsion, and what it truly costs—psychologically, ...

In this powerful guide, award-winning psychiatrist Dr. Anders Hansen provides groundbreaking strategies to reclaim your focus and mental well-being. Unveiling the evolutionary reason for our distractibility, The Attention Fix sheds light on the toll our constant connection to smartphones and digital devices takes on our mental well-being. Backed by extensive research and studies, Dr. Hansen’s insights are scientifically proven and enriched through his exploration of the intricacies of the human brain.

In 2012, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance was just a handful of geeks working out of a scrappy four-bedroom apartment in Beijing. Today, it is the world’s fastest-growing tech behemoth worth in excess of $100 billion, unrecognizable from its humble beginnings.

Digital Minds: How Technology Shapes Human Behavior in the Modern Age is an in-depth exploration of how the digital revolution is transforming the way we think, connect, work, and live. From the psychology of constant connectivity to the challenges of screen-dominated lifestyles, this book offers readers a clear, engaging look at the profound ways technology influences human behavior. In this timely and thought-provoking work, The Practical Atlas examines: How smartphones and constant notifications affect attention, focus, and mental health The powerful role social media plays in shaping ...

The disinformation age is drowning us in a deluge of data, "facts" and opinion. It consumes our attention. The result of this deficit of attention is the rise of fake news, media bias, and a polarised society. Our capacity to reason what is happening in the world and to make better decisions has become incapacitated amid the cacophony. Instead, we outsource our thinking to others without even realising it. Economist Peter Sainsbury unravels the truth about the power of media narratives, the breakdown in trust and why our attention has been diverted from what matters.

Are you tired of feeling scattered, distracted, and constantly pulled in a dozen directions? You're not alone. The average person checks their phone 96 times per day and spends over 7 hours staring at screens. Your attention—your most valuable resource—is being hijacked by apps designed to be addictive, leaving you feeling anxious, unproductive, and disconnected from what truly matters. It's time to take back control. Transform Your Relationship with Technology in Just 30 Days The Attention Reset isn't another "throw your phone in a drawer" guide. This is a practical, science-backed ...

The Dopamine Detox: Rewire Your Brain. Reclaim Your Focus. Your brain has been hacked. Here is the reset button. You open your laptop to work, but ten minutes later, you're lost in an endless scroll. You know you need to focus, but the constant craving for digital stimulus is stronger than your willpower. The truth is, you're not lazy—you're living with a high-tech addiction engineered by Silicon Valley to keep you distracted, drained, and in a constant state of brain fog. This isn't just about limiting screen time; it's about breaking a chemical dependency that is hijacking your focus, ...

As our ability to pay attention in a world of distractions vanishes, it's no wonder that our ability to be heard and understood - to convey our messages - is also threatened. Whether working with our teams and customers or communicating with our families and friends, it is increasingly difficult to break through the digital devices that get in the way of communication.