Focus - by Pedram Shojai (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A step-by-step, sustainable plan for managing your energy bandwidth by intentionally prioritizing your health, family, career, passions, and desires, now in paperback.

In our unpredictable and continually changing world, time never seems to be on our side, and if anything, it often seems out of our control. But what if it wasn't? What if you had the ability to take control of how you trade your energy for time and increase your body's "energy budget" to live your fullest life?

Pedram Shojai, O.M.D., New York Times best-selling author of The Urban Monk, shares his time-tested system for managing your health, family, career, passions, and desires through 100-day gongs. Originating from ancient traditions and with a framework refined throughout Shojai's 15-plus years of coaching, this 100-day system provides a foundation for:

Managing your expectations for your time now versus your time to come

Allocating the time you have in order to get more

Finding the balance between doing versus being

Tapping into your vitality's highest potential

Making sure your life aligns with your priorities

With detailed guidance and meaningful exercises broken down into doable tasks, you will be able to develop a personalized plan for tending to your Life Garden and allowing your life's profound meaning and essential nature to flourish with abundance.

Review Quotes

"Dr. Shojai cuts through the static to help you focus yourlife on the things that are specifically most important to you. His step-by-step plan for having your focus and intention guide you will bring fulfillment and satisfaction with the choices you make and the life you lead. If you want to be healthy and full of life, you'll need an operating system that supports those decisions each day. This book will help you do just that."
-- Mark Hyman, M.D., New York Times best-selling author of Food; Eat Fat, Get Thin; and The Blood Sugar Solution

"Do you know where you put your energy? If not, how are you going to get the life you want? This book gives you the plan and the energy budget you need to get there."
-- Dave Asprey, New York Times best-selling author of The Bulletproof Diet

"We all know what we need to do but simply don't follow through with it. Focus is the missing ingredient in the health world we've been waiting for. With this mind-body framework, Dr. Shojai elegantly lays out a roadmap to success that's easy to follow and very effective. I highly recommend this book."
-- JJ Virgin, nutrition expert and New York Times best-selling author of The Virgin Diet

"Becoming an optimal performer means having a mental operating system that is focused, drives you forward, and creates a framework for success. How do we organize our lives to actually do just that? Pedram has cracked the code and solved that riddle in a powerful way. Willpower alone won't get you there. But there is a Holy Grail that Dr. Shojai shares in Focus. This book is a must-read."
-- Ben Greenfield, founder of Ben Greenfield Fitness and Kion and New York Times best-selling author of Boundless

"Everyone wants to be a 10 in life, where health equals 10, abundance equals 10, and relationships equal 10. But reality is often a downer. Our birthright is to live a life full of vitality, vigor, and abundant energy. But often our day-to-day has gotten in the way. Whether you want to increase your number, up your game, or biohack your life, Focus is an excellent guide."
-- Tom O'Bryan, D.C., CCN, DACBN, author of The Autoimmune Fix

About the Author

Pedram Shojai, O.M.D is the founder of Well.org and the New York Times best-selling author of The Urban Monk, Rise and Shine, The Art of Stopping Time, and Inner Alchemy. He is the producer and director of the movies Vitality, Origins, and Prosperity, and he has produced several documentary series, including Interconnected, Gateway to Health, and Exhausted. In his spare time, he's a Taoist abbot, a doctor of Oriental medicine, a kung fu world traveler, and a Qigong master working to preserve our natural world and wake us up to our full potential.