Chasing Wild Rabbits

How to Stop Chasing Distractions, Build Laser Focus, and Finally Finish What You Start

By: Scott Allan

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

You're not lazy. You're not broken. You're just chasing too many rabbits.

Every notification. Every "urgent" email. Every exciting new idea. They're all wild rabbits—darting across your path, stealing your attention, and leaving you exhausted at the end of each day with nothing meaningful to show for it.
Sound familiar?

Here's the truth no one wants to admit: The person who chases two rabbits catches neither. And in today's world, you're not chasing two—you're chasing dozens. Your browser tabs. Your half-finished projects. Your overflowing to-do list. They're all rabbits. And they're all getting away.

Chasing Wild Rabbits reveals why your brain is wired for distraction—and gives you a proven framework to rewire it for laser focus.

Inside this book, you'll discover:
• Why every interruption costs you 23 minutes of focus (and how to stop the bleeding)
• The shocking truth about multitasking—and why the people who think they're best at it are actually the worst
• How the "attention economy" profits from your distraction—and how to opt out
• The 5/25 Rule that Warren Buffett uses to achieve extraordinary results
• How Steve Jobs saved Apple by saying NO to 70% of their products
• The 90% Rule for making decisions without regret
• How to say no without guilt—even to good opportunities
• The "Attention Fortress" method for protecting your focus in a distracted world
• How to identify your ONE rabbit—the single priority that makes everything else easier
• Why strategic rest is essential for sustained focus (not the opposite of it)

This isn't another productivity book. Productivity books promise to help you do more. This book helps you do less—deliberately, strategically, ruthlessly less—so you can finally accomplish what actually matters.

Drawing on cutting-edge research from attention scientists like Gloria Mark (UC Irvine), insights from Cal Newport's Deep Work, and the wisdom of focused achievers from Warren Buffett to Gary Keller, Chasing Wild Rabbits gives you both the science and the practical tools to reclaim your attention.

Each chapter ends with a specific action step. This isn't a book to read and forget—it's a book to read and do.
If you're tired of:

• Starting projects you never finish
• Feeling busy but never productive
• Ending days wondering where the time went
• Watching others succeed while you spin your wheels

Then it's time to stop chasing wild rabbits.

The Russian proverb is thousands of years old: "If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one."
The wisdom still applies. The question is: Will you keep chasing everything? Or will you finally commit to catching one?

Your rabbit is waiting. Go catch it.