The Organized Mind
by Daniel J. Goleman
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Jul 2025 on On Purpose with Jay Shetty.
The general take
Jay Shetty praises The Organized Mind for explaining why cognitive overload makes you feel mentally dull even when you're accomplishing a lot. He found it revelatory—the book convinced him that mental clutter directly undermines intelligence and that his brain wasn't designed to manage the modern life he was living.
About
New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details. The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we’re expected to make more—and faster—decisions about our lives than ever before. No wonder, then, that the average American reports frequently losing car keys or reading glasses, missing appointments, and feeling worn out by the effort required just to keep up. But somehow some people become quite accomplished at managing information flow. In The Organized Mind , Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how those people excel—and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and time.
Who said what
Jay Shetty👍 Recommends
…discussing how removing decision fatigue improves focus and attention
“I remember reading about it in a book by Daniel Levitin called The Organized Mind. And he talked about this idea of how when Warren Buffett is deciding where to invest, he takes milk and cookies, rents an apartment in New York City, and lives in that apartment for five days. So basically he's doing very little when it comes to his daily requirements of food. He's cleared out his space. So he's in a new environment that's empty. And then he's sitting there making decisions.”
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