How to be Indistractable
Being ‘indistractable’ has been called the essential skill for our time. Why is it so critical right now?
In today’s world, technology and interruptions are everywhere. If you sit down to work on a project with a fast-approaching deadline, it won’t be long before you hear the swoop of a text message or email coming in; or a colleague might drop by to chat. Even at home, screens of various shapes and sizes get in the way of spending quality time with our loved ones. Just imagine what we could all accomplish if we could stay focused! In this day and age, if you are not equipped to manage distractions, your brain will continue to be manipulated by time-wasting diversions. We all need to learn how to avoid distraction.
Explain the difference between distraction and traction.
All of us are constantly the things we want, while distraction pulls us from them. Imagine drawing a line down the middle of a sheet of paper to represent the value of everything you do on a particular day. To the right are all the actions that are positive in that they draw you what you want in life; and to the left are actions that get in the way of that. On any given day, the goal is to have many more behaviours and activities that classify as than .
