Here’s a start. Check back often as this page will be continually updated.
Websites on Distraction, Time Management, Productivity:
United States Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Time Use Survey
Distraction.gov: The Official U.S. Government Website for Distracted Driving. Additional resources on distracted driving from Verizon Wireless.
Free guided meditation programs for learning to control your attention, from UCLA Health.
Project: Time Off: Powered by the U.S. Travel Association
Productivity Books, Time Management Books, Effectiveness Books:
Personal Productivity Secrets: Do what you never thought possible with your time and attention, and regain control of your life! by Maura Thomas
Mindful Work: How Meditation is Changing Business from the Inside Out, by David Gelles
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, by Cal Newport
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age, by Sherry Turkle
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose, by Tony Hsieh
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder, by Arianna Huffington
Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family, by Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia
Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done by Art Markman, PhD
Smart Change: Five Tools to Create New and Sustainable Habits in Yourself and Others by Art Markman, PhD
The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption, by Clay A. Johnson
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength, by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life by Charles Duhigg
Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People by Edward Hallowell
Spark: The Revolutionary Science of Exercise and the Brain by John Ratey
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by Sherry Turkle
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor
Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman
CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! Strategies for Handling Your Fast-Paced Life by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life, by Winifred Gallagher
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age, by Maggie Jackson
Digital Convergence: How the Merging of Computers, Communications and Multimedia is Transforming Our Lives, by Andy Covell
The Invisible Gorilla, and Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us, by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons
The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance, by Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes and Catherine McCarthy
The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business, by Thomas H. Davenport and John C. Beck
Useful Articles Showing Perspectives on Productivity, Time Management, and Effectiveness:
Executives, Protect Your Alone Time, by Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire, Harvard Business Review, December 16, 2015
The Cost of Paying Attention, by Matthew B. Crawford, The New York Times, March 7, 2015
What Happens to Your Brain When You’re Always on Your Phone, by Kate Bratskeir, the Huffington Post, March 21, 2016
Crashes, Car Insurance, and Beyond: The High Toll of Distracted Driving, by Mary Purcell, MoneyGeek.com,
The Work We Do While We Sleep, by Maria Konnikova, The New Yorker, July 8, 2015
The Organizational Cost of Insufficient Sleep, by Nick van Dam and Els van der Helm, McKinsey Quarterly, February 16, 2016
JP Morgan to Workaholics: Knock It Off, by Emily Glazer and Daniel Huang, The Wall Street Journal, January 21, 2016
Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks, by Erin Reid, The Harvard Business Review, April 28, 2015
To Work Better, Work Less, by Cody C. Delistraty, The Atlantic, August 8, 2014
Losing focus: Why tech is getting in the way of work, by Ian Hardy, BBC America, May 8, 2015
America’s Real Deficit Crisis, by Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post, July 2, 2013
Money Talking: Stop Stressing, Get Happy, and Watch Your Work Performance Turn Around, WNYC.org, March 19, 2015
How Cellphone Use Can Disconnect Your Relationship, by Guy Winch, PhD., Psychology Today, January 13, 2015
Checking Work Email at Home Can Cause Heart Problems, Anxiety, and Headaches, Warn Experts, by Ben Spencer, Daily Mail.com, September 23, 2014
Multitasking: Switching costs, American Psychological Association, March 20, 2006
Technology: Myth of Multitasking, by Jim Taylor, PhD., Psychology Today, March 20, 2011
Multitasking and Stress, by Chris Woolston, HealthDay, Mar. 11, 2014
Addicted to Your Smartphone? 10 Signs You Might Be, by Kelly Wallace, CNN.com
Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? by John Tierney, NYTimes.com
Hit the Reset Button in Your Brain, by Daniel Levitin, The New York Times
You’ll Never Learn! by Annie Murphy Paul, Slate.com
Your Work-Life Balance Should Be Your Company’s Problem, by Nanette Fondas, Harvard Business Review
The Heretics Guide to Getting More Done, by David Brendel, Harvard Business Review
Happy Employees Are More Productive Employees: by Jessica Stillman, Inc.com
How Always Being Busy Makes You Dumber by Drake Baer, FastCompany.com
Focus Makes Perfect, by Patricia Rivera, The Greeley Tribune, Jan. 14, 2014. This article also appeared on VailDaily.com, NRToday.com, The Fence Post, Sky Hi Daily News, The Aspen Times, NevadaAppeal.com, RecordCourier.com, ContentThat Works.com, and MyWindsorNow.com
Saving the Art of Conversation in the Age of the Smartphone, by Megan Garber, The Atlantic, Dec. 29, 2013
The Myth of Multitasking, ScienceFriday.com, May 10, 2013
It Don’t Mean A Thing If You Ain’t Got That Ping, by Matt Richtel, The New York Times, April 22, 2007
Technology May Lead to Attention Deficit Disorder, by Kevin Parrish, Tom’s Guide, November 16, 2009
Earplugs to Lasers: The Science of Concentration, by John Tierney, New York Times, May 4, 2009
Handwriting is a 21st Century Skill, by Edward Tenner, The Atlantic, April 28, 2011
Tracking Wonder, by Jeffrey Davis, Psychology Today, April 22, 2011
Proud of Being Overwhelmed? You May Be a Stress Seeker, by Maura Rhodes, MSNBC, May 11, 2011
How Meditation Might Ward Off The Effects Of Aging, by Jo Marchant, The Guardian, April 23, 2011
Are You Buying Toys That Stunt Your Child’s Brain? by Fran Lasker, Huffington Post, August 3, 2011
In Praise of Distraction, by James Surowiecki, The New Yorker, April 11, 2011
Traditional Take on Data Clutter, by Alfred Hermida, BBC News, February 5, 2004
The Only Way to Get Important Things Done, by Tony Schwartz, Harvard Business Review, May 24, 2011
Overestimating Our Overworking, by Laura Vanderkam, The Wall Street Journal Online, May 29, 2009
The Rise of the Inattention Economy, by Adrian Ott, Fastcompany.com, March 11, 2010
MediaShift: Why We Need to Teach Mindfulness in a Digital Age, by Aran Levasseur, PBS.org, April 4, 2012
This is Your Brain on Multitasking, by Jessica Stillman, Inc. Magazine, January 13, 2012
Warning: Your Attention is Under Siege, by Tony Schwartz, Harvard Business Review, November 15th, 2010
When the Mind Wanders, Happiness Also Strays, by John Tierney, NY Times, November 15th, 2010
Achieving a Healthful Digital Diet, by Matt Richtel, NYTimes, November 21st, 2010
Dopamine Makes You Addicted to Seeking Information, by Susan Weinschenk, Ph.D., on the “What Makes Them Click” Blog
Multitasking is Not Really Good for Anyone, by Beth J. Harpaz, Associated Press, October 29, 2010
Outdoors and Out of Reach: Studying the Brain, by Matt Richtel, NY Times, August 15th, 2010
Interview with Sherry Turkle, author of “Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other, ” Frontline by PBS
Your Brain on Computers: Attached to Technology & Paying a Price, by Matt Richtel, NY Times, June 6th, 2010
So Much Media, So Little Attention Span, USA Today, March 30, 2005
Are Kids Too Wired for Their Own Good? Time Magazine, March 19, 2006
The Lure of Data – Is it Addictive? by Matt Richtel, NYTimes, July 6th, 2003
Multitasking Splits the Brain, Science Magazine, April 15, 2010
Your Brain on Computers: Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime, by Matt Richtel, NYTimes, August 24th, 2010
Big Bang! Digital convergence is finally happening — and that means new opportunities for upstarts and challenges for tech icons, BusinessWeek, June 21, 2004
Why Can’t You Pay Attention Anymore? CNET, March 28, 2005
Driven to Distraction Series, by Matt Richtel, NYTimes, 2009
Attention Loss Feared Amid High-Tech Brain Rewiring, Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 12, 2009
The Myth of Multitasking, BellaOnline
Whirling Dervish Drivers, Op-Ed by Maureen Dowd, July 21, 2009, NYTimes
Study Suggests Meditation Can Help Train Attention, May 8, 2007, NYTimes
Facebook is Making Us Miserable, December 9, 2011, Harvard Business Review Blog Network
Knowledge-Worker Productivity: The Biggest Challenge, by Peter Drucker, California Management Review, Volume 41, Number 2, Winter, 1999
The Privacy Crisis, Steelcase 360 Magazine, Issue 68
Productivity Research Studies:
The Cost of Interrupted Work: More Speed and Stress, University of California, Irvine, & Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Loss of Control Fuels Superstitions, Rituals, Conspiracy Theories, October 2, 2008, Texas Enterprise, The University of Texas at Austin
Music We Like Can Be More Distracting Than Music We Don’t, August 2, 2012, The British Psychological Research Digest
Meditation Helps Increase Attention Span, July 16th, 2010, ScienceDaily
Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis?, ScienceDaily, January 29th, 2009
Multi-Tasking Adversely Affects Brain’s Learning, UCLA Psychologists Report, ScienceDaily, July 26, 2006
Healthways, Inc: Poor Employee Health Habits Drive Lost Productivity According to Major New Study of Nearly 20,000 American Workers, 4-traders.com, August 6, 2012
When We Forget to Remember:Failures in Prospective Memory Range from Annoying to Lethal, ScienceDaily, July 31, 2012
Is Multitasking More Efficient? American Psychology Association, August 5, 2001
Listening to Distraction: A Developmental Study of Selective Attention, from Stanford University on ScienceDirect
Divided Representation of Concurrent Goals in the Human Frontal Lobes, Science Magazine, April 16th, 2010
Don’t Spread Yourself Too Thin: The Impact of Task Juggling on Workers’ Speed of Job Completion, the National Bureau of Economic Research, October, 2010
Mental Training Affects Distribution of Limited Brain Resources, Public Library of Science
Multitasking: productivity effects and gender differences, Thomas Buser and Noemi Peter, University of Amsterdam
Health, Wellbeing & Productivity in Offices: The next chapter for green building, by the World Green Building Council
Risk at home: privacy and security risks in telecommuting, presented by Ernst & Young and the Center for Democracy and Technology
Multimedia
Distraction Podcast: Hosted by Dr. Edward Hallowell
Julian Treasure Newsnight December 2013: Dot Complicated
Digital Nation: Distracted by Everything (Frontline on PBS)
NPR Fresh Air, Digital Overload: Your Brain on Gadgets
Crackberry’d: The Truth About Information Overload
Researchers & Thinkers I Follow:
Mindful Schools: Engaging Children, Supporting Educators, Transforming Schools
William James, 20th Century psychologist, philosopher & medical doctor
