Levitin, Daniel J.,
The organized mind : thinking straight in the age of information overload / Daniel J. Levitin. - xxvi, 496 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-481) and index.
Information and conscientious organization -- Too much information, too many decisions : the inside history of cognitive overload -- The first things to get straight : how attention and memory work -- 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 -- 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.
052595418X (hardcover) 9780525954187 (hardcover)
Distraction (Psychology)
Attention.
Time management.
Orderliness.
BF323.D5 / L49 2014
The organized mind : thinking straight in the age of information overload / Daniel J. Levitin. - xxvi, 496 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-481) and index.
Information and conscientious organization -- Too much information, too many decisions : the inside history of cognitive overload -- The first things to get straight : how attention and memory work -- 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 -- 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.
052595418X (hardcover) 9780525954187 (hardcover)
Distraction (Psychology)
Attention.
Time management.
Orderliness.
BF323.D5 / L49 2014