The organized mind : thinking straight in the age of information overload / Daniel J. Levitin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levitin, Daniel J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distraction (Psychology).

Attention.

Time management.

Orderliness.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 496 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Dutton, [2014?]

Summary:

The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we're expected to make more -- and faster -- decisions about our lives than ever before. No wonder, then, that the average American reports frequently losing car keys or reading glasses, missing appointments, and feeling worn out by the effort required just to keep up. But somehow some people become quite accomplished at managing information flow. In The Organized Mind, Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how those people excel -- and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and time.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-481) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Scott fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780525954187 ;