Zenhabits: Focus Book

For me, for example, it is being socially self-conscious that hinders deep concentration in what I'm trying to study or work on. E.g., if my classmate is trying to help me and somewhere in his helping me I am lost, I will become increasingly more lost because my brain is then a) concerned about making me look stupid, b) afraid of disappointing the helper, etc. The other distraction for me is one where I'm thrown off a tangent in thoughts by a certain hook -- e.g., thinking further about a 'thing' that was just passively mentioned in a lecture, and just wandering very far off with it.

I can very well analyze my problems, at least I think so -- but it's damn hard to come up with a strategy to get at them. I think I am capable of maintaining deep concentration -- I think most people are, and I think that's verifiable by doing something that you already are good at -- you'll notice that if you do do it you won't be distracted as easily; you will maintain deep concentration.

This concludes the problem with me (and I think, for most people) to not be with deep concentration, but the will power.

I love Leos work. Along with Tim Ferris, Randy Gage and George Leonard (wrote the great book "Mastery") he has been one of my most important teachers as an adult.

Very interesting reversal of expectations.

Does Leo really intend to mean that the free version of the book is being released into the public domain or is he simply highlighting the fact that it's not locked down with DRM. No DRM does not equal no copyright and works shouldn't have to be in the public domain to be shared by people.