The myth of Distractions               We all know how important it is to take care of your body. Take care of your health. And I think this is the big myth or lie around self-help these days that, in order to sell more self-help books, authors need to make you think that there's some secret that you don't know. That if you're going to buy a diet book, it can't just tell you eat right and exercise. That's a very short book. Does anybody not know that if you want to do better at your job, guess what? You have to do? The work, especially the hard stuff that other people don't want to do. Does anybody not know that to have better relationships, you have to be fully present with the people you love? Does anybody not know this? We know this, the question is not. How do we know some magical secret that we already know?The question is why despite knowing what we need to do, why do we keep getting in our own way? The problem these days is that we keep getting distracted. And so that's why I wanted to gain this superpower. That if you asked me what super power I would most want? It would be the power to do, as I say, to follow through, to choose my attention, to control my life by deciding in advance, how I want to spend my time. That is the power to become indestructible.If you want to be productive, if you want to spend time in the office, if you want to build your business, I'm not averse to any of that. I'm not saying that people should spend more time with their kids than at work that's up to you and your values. And that's why it's really important for me to help people understand. I don't want to tell you what to do. If you want to play video games all day. Great. That's no problem. The difference is I want you to do whatever it is you want to do with intent, because if you don't plan your day, somebody is going to plan it for you. The social media companies, your boss, your kids, somebody is going to decide for you how you want to spend your time and how you are going to spend your life. If you don't decide for yourself upfront. So I want to help you live according to your values, no matter what your values are. So I'm not one of these chicken, little tech critics that says, Oh, social media is bad. It's melting. Your brain is hijacking your brain rubbish that's ridiculous. Anything you want to do, even the fun stuff online is great. You can do those things, but do them according to your schedule and according to your values, not the social media companies, not somebody else's values and calendar.The first step was really understanding what distraction is. And I thought this was one of these terms that everybody thinks they know, we all know what distraction is, but I found I didn't and words really matter and so I think defining what is distraction is super important. So the best way to understand what distraction is to understand what distraction is not. So if you ask most people, what's the opposite of distraction? Think for yourself here for a minute, what is the opposite of distraction? Most people will say it's focused. Obviously, but that's wrong. The opposite of distraction is not focused. The opposite of distraction. If you look at the origin of the word, the origin of the word shares the same route. With its opposite, which is traction. The opposite of distraction is traction. Both words come from the same Latin root, which means to pull. And you'll notice that both words end in the same six letters, ACTE IO, and that spells action. So traction by definition is any action that pulls you towards what you say you're going to do. Things that you do with intent things that help you live according to your values and help you become the kind of person you want to become.Things that you do with intent things that help you live according to your values and help you become the kind of person you want to become. Those are of traction. The opposite of traction is this traction. Distraction is that right? Action that pulls you aw