- Subjects checked their phone once every 6.5 minutes (1) – page xviii preface
- Putting our health, values, and relationships on hold for acquisition will do little to make us happier (2) – page xviii preface
- Office workers often switch tasks every 3 minutes (3) – page xxx getting started
- Time pressure reduces performance and it was the sense of time pressure, rather than the actual lack of time, which reduces performance (4) – page 6 1?
- When we feel out of control, the limbic system fires up and we don’t think very well- our prefrontal cortex is impaired (5) – page 15 1
- Subjects who were rated as a 4/5 in beauty were given grades 36 percent higher than those rated a 2/5 (6) – page 26 2?
- 52 percent of the “whether or not” acquisition decisions failed, compared to only 32 percent that asked “which” between two ore more alternative options (7) – page 31 2?
- When people were focused on a mental task, they exerted 50 percent less physical force when squeezing a lever (8) – page 69 3?
- Performance dropped significantly whenever subjects attempted to do two things at a time (9) – page 46 3?
- The pros who were thinking about three aspects of their swing began to falter, while those with a simpler focus continued to perform well (10) – page 49 3
- Those who had made a specific plan did not still have the task churning in their mind (11) – page 50 3
- Participants estimated that they switched attention every four minutes, but instead it was every fourteen seconds (12) – page 54 3
- Office workers tend to hopscotch between tasks every three minutes (13) – page 55 3
- The limiting factor in computing is often the human’s ability to focus (14) – page 83 4
- Monthly planners were getting better grades than daily planners, who outperformed those with no plans (15) – page 99 4
- People were happiest doing mundane rote tasks that asked little of the person’s brain preferring the work to more complex tasks where stress levels rose (16) – page 132 8
- Subjects spent about 25 percent of their waking hours actively resisting temptations… Attractions of busyness, such as email or the internet – were harder to resist than food… 50 percent of these temptations were resisted (17) – page 133 8
- Strong willpower led to better self-control because of the strength and effectiveness of habits… strong willpower helps you to set up good habits… it helps you avoid temptations, not resist them (18) – page 133 8
- A promotion focus was strongly related to task and job performance… it was also related to other good things like openness, innovation, helpfulness, job satisfaction, and commitment (19) – page 142 8
- When we suppress our emotions, they become more potent (20) – page 145 8
- The students’ confidence that they could quit smoking had a greater impact on their intentions than the severity of the disease, the risk, or the effectiveness of quitting (21) – page 150 8?
- Social connectedness drives health (22) – page 181 10?
- Those with fewer social ties were 2-3times more likely to die (23) – page 181 10?
- Relationships even boost the mood of people who don’t feel like they want more relationships (24) – page 181 10?
- Loneliness is a bigger risk factor than obesity or smoking (25) – page 181 10?
- Giving support is more beneficial than receiving it (26) – page 181 10?
- The most common factor among happy people was their strong relationships (27) – page 181 10?
- Offering support to patient helped those who gave the support more than those who received it (28) – page 188 10?
- Companies where the ratio of positive comments to negative comments was at least 2.9 were doing well (29) – page 195 10?
- When students were enjoying an assignment, their performance improved, they stayed focused for longer and the work tired them less (30) – page 207 11
- Children with more unstructured time had better executive functioning (31) – page 212 11
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