18 Minutes : Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

Based upon his weekly Harvard Business Review columns(which is one of the most popular columns on HBR.com, receivinghundreds of thousands of unique page views a month), 18MINUTES clearly shows how busy people can cut through allthe daily clutter and distractions and find a way to focus on thosekey items which are truly the top priorities in our lives.

Bregman works from the premise that the best way to combat constantand distracting interruptions is to create productive distractionsof one's own. Based upon a series of short bite-sized chapters, hisapproach allows us to safely navigate through the constant chatterof emails, text messages, phone calls, and endless meetings thatprevent us from focusing our time on those things that are trulyimportant to us.

Mixing first-person insights along with unique case studies,Bregman sprinkles his charming book with pathways which help guideus -- pathways that can get us on the right trail in 18 minutes orless.