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Temptations and Interruptions
Distractions can be either:
- Temptations: When we take a break from work to check social media
- Interruptions: When we get annoyed or repeated emails disrupting our workflow.
While we can deal with these external problems, what can be more challenging is our internal urge to be distracted.
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Covering Our Fears
Distractions are a way to mask what we are fearful of. Fear is a deception that comes from looking at something you’ve never done. It’s simply how your brain works — it believes anything could be death and everything you’ve already done has proven itself to be safe. Embracing fear makes it lose...
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Our Insecurities
We are not able to pursue our goals or live a rich enthusiastic life when we feel insecure or lacking, a feeling usually formed in our growing up years. When you’re insecure, the feeling of not being good enough keeps you from pursuing goals and seeking distractions could mean you’re unaware of w...
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“Distractions are by-products of a problem. Something outside of you is pulling you away from yourself or a goal.”
KYLE CEASE
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A Sense of Control
A big cause of stress comes from trying to control things that you can’t. And a distraction due to lack of control turns into an excuse, guilt, and credit. People stay distracted, mostly with things that they cannot control, lying to themselves and others that it is the outside circumstances that...
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Vices, temptations, minor distractions — these are the things that tear relationships apart. Take those things out of the picture.
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Causes of Distraction
All human behavior is cued by either external or interal triggers.
The cues that we get from our environment like dings or pings are external triggers. These prompt us to check our emails or answer a text.
Internal triggers are cues that we get from within ourselves,...
Novelty bias - the reason we can't stop checking notifications
It becomes so easily a habit because our brain craves these distractions - it's a mechanism in our mind called the 'novelty bias'.
Research shows, that one of the pleasure neurochemicals, dopamine, is released when we stop & check emails, notifications, social media update...
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