Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life

Gallagher, Winifred

ISBN 10: 1594202109 / ISBN 13: 9781594202100

Published by Penguin Press, New York, 2009

About this Item

8vo, 244 pp., Inscribed & signed by the author on the title page.

Seller Inventory # 043292

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life
• Publisher: Penguin Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594202109
• ISBN 13: 9781594202100
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Psychology

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Synopsis

A revolutionary look at how what we pay attention to determines how we experience life

Acclaimed behavioral science writer Winifred Gallagher's Rapt makes the radical argument that much of the quality of your life depends not on fame or fortune, beauty or brains, fate or coincidence, but on what you choose to pay attention to. Rapt introduces a diverse cast of characters, from researchers to artists to ranchers, to illustrate the art of living the interested life. As their stories show, by focusing on the most positive and productive elements of any situation, you can shape your inner experience and expand your world. By learning to focus, you can improve your concentration, broaden your inner horizons, and most important, feel what it means to be fully alive.

About the Author

Winifred Gallagher’s books include House Thinking, Just the Way You Are (a New York Times Notable Book), Working on God, and The Power of Place. She has written for numerous publications, such as Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, and the New York Times. She lives in Manhattan, and Dubois, Wyoming.