The Organized Mind : : Thinking Straight in the age of Information Overload
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Introduction: Information and conscientious organization -- Pt. 1: Too much information, too many decisions : the inside history of cognitive overload ; The first things to get straight : how attention and memory work -- Pt. 2: Organizing our homes : where things can start to get better ; Organizing our social world : how humans connect now ; Organizing our time : what is the mystery? ; Organizing information for the hardest decisions : when life is on the line ; Organizing the business world : how we create value -- Pt. 3: What to teach our children : the future of the organized mind ; Everything else : the power of the junk drawer -- Appendix: Constructing your own fourfold tables.
Daniel J. Levitin, Ph.D., uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how people with "organized" minds excel--and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and lives.
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PUBLISHED
New York, N.Y. : Dutton, [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: 496 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780525954187
052595418X
SUBJECTS
Distraction (Psychology)
Attention.
Time management.
Orderliness.