--- description: Bailey is the author most recently of Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chris Bailey ## Chris Bailey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Bailey is the author most recently of_ [Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction](https://www.amazon.com/Hyperfocus-More-Productive-World-Distraction/dp/0525522239). ## Chris Bailey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Aug 28, 2018 ### [Why Being Lazy Is Actually Good for You](https://time.com/5379422/why-being-lazy-is-actually-good-for-you/) By a lazy person who writes productivity books for a living [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/chris-bailey/","name":"Chris Bailey"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/chris-bailey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/chris-bailey/"},"name":"Chris Bailey","jobTitle":null,"description":"Bailey is the author most recently of Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction.","url":"https://time.com/author/chris-bailey/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```