Chris Bailey, New York Times Bestselling Author
Chris Bailey and Bill Ringle discuss how hyperfocus can help you stay on track, grow your business faster, and get more done in a shorter workday.
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Top Take-Aways from this Interview
- Multitasking isn't always undesirable or ineffective, once you hack the myth.
- Being less stimulated allows time to rest, wonder, and think more strategically about what you want to create.
- Your ability to control your attention is directly related to the quality of your life (and accomplishments...)
- When you expect your colleagues to be focused 100% of the time, you can expect new ideas 0% of the time.
- Email isn't evil in itself, you just have to regain control of it. #emailsprints
Tweet-Ready Insights from this Episode
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Expert Bio
Chris Bailey is a productivity expert, and the internationally bestselling author of The Productivity Project, which has been published in eleven languages. His second book, Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction, was published in seven languages. Chris writes about productivity at Alifeofproductivity.com, and speaks to organizations around the globe on how they can become more productive, without hating the process.
To date, Chris has written hundreds of articles on the subject of productivity, and has garnered coverage in media as diverse as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, The Huffington Post, Harvard Business Review, TED, Fortune, Fast Company, and Lifehacker. in a recent interview, the TED Talks organization said that he “might be the most productive man you’d ever hope to meet". Recently, Fast Company called him a "productivity mastermind."
For more about Chris Bailey, visit his website.

Contact Info for Chris Bailey
Web address: https://alifeofproductivity.com/
Travels from: Kingston, Ontario