How to Focus: A Monastic Guide for an Age of Distraction

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How to Focus: A Monastic Guide for an Age of DistractionAncient Wisdom for Modern Readers How you can learn to focus like a monk without living like one. Distraction isnt a new problem. Were also not the first to complain about how hard it is to concentrate. Early Christian monks beat us to it. They had given up everything to focus on God, yet they still struggled to keep the demons of distraction at bay. But rather than surrender to the meandering of their minds, they developed powerful strategies to

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a glossary

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may have been written by Aulus Hirtius (ca

in stylistically lavish Latin prose

When love drives Circe to cast a dark spell

Hesiod praises the dignity of labor

Instructions for the teacher

one of the most influential manuals for monks from late antiquity

they developed powerful strategies to improve their attention and engagement