![]() I thought, why not, and so started a subscription to Blinkist as a way to get the high-level overviews of books in a quick way. But podcasts didn’t provide substantial nourishment in the long-term.Īs an alternative to full-length books, I learned about Blinkist, which provides summaries of books instead (typically 15-20 minutes long). I thought, maybe I’m just more into podcasts. I eventually canceled my Audible account. Born to Run, Why we sleep, How autonomous vehicles will change the world, A brief history of motion-all started, all unfinished. But sadly, I couldn’t get into nonfiction either. I thought to myself, maybe I’ve outgrown this genre. Previously, I had listened to every other book in the Jack Reacher, Orphan X, and Gray Man series-this was my favorite relaxation genre (action-hero/vigilante fiction). What about the latest in Mark Greaney’s Gray Man series, One Man Out? Nope, I also timed out quickly there. So I tried listening to the latest book in the Orphan X series, Into the Fire, but couldn’t get into that one either. But when the latest book came out, Better Off Dead, I couldn’t make it past the first few chapters. For example, I’ve listened to every book in Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series, and I eagerly await upcoming ones. I first started noticing my attention issue when I could no longer make it through fiction books by authors I previously loved. And it got me thinking about something that’s been troubling me for some time now-my attention span seems to be fragmented. The constant inflow of information from my smartphone, always readily available in my pocket to capture any free moment of attention, had fragmented my attention span.Īt work, near the beginning of the year, a colleague asked if anyone might be interested in participating in a corporate-wide “Read a book a week” challenge.
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