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Podcast: BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Healing Hour
Episode: Wandering Minds Want to Know-What Say You?
Description: William James Attention Distraction+Pioneering Psychologist William James on Attention, Multitasking, and the Mental Habit That Sets Great Minds Apart attention & distraction
William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher, historian, and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States. James is considered to be a leading thinker of the late 19th century, one of the most influential philosophers of the United States, and the "Father of American psychology"
The ability to pay attention to important things—and ignore the rest—has been a crucial survival skill throughout human history. At...