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"Life ignition tools" author Jeff Karp explains how to fight off your own distractions

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Jeff Karp PhD. is a professor at Harvard Medical School .

His new book, LIT , is called "life ignition tools" Karp says we should all recognize what we're up against: the human brain evolved to be distractable.

He says we spend most of our time functioning on autopilot.

Inc.com 's John Karp says he can hyper-focus if he doesn't do too much of it.

Karp finds that exercising helps him focus, but not too much can leave him exhausted.

He says we need to realize that we can get there more often, and eventually on demand.