The Perils of Perpetual Focus

Navigating burnout in a hyper-productive world

Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich

At a talk I gave recently I received a most interesting question. In the talk I discussed how it was a popular narrative to strive to focus for lengthy periods: for hours, or even all day. If you Google this topic, you’ll see expressions like “How to focus nonstop” or “Focus for 10 hours straight.”  I described that in realit…