Are You a Master at Distraction?
You are so good at distraction because you practice it, moving your awareness from one thing to another in an uncontrolled way all day long.
Dandapani asks how hard you have to try to be distracted. If the answer is not very hard, he points to the reason: distraction is a skill you have been practising. He shows how everyday habits, like checking your phone during a conversation, are that practice.
What this talk covers
- Ask yourself how hard you actually have to try to be distracted.
- The more you practice being distracted, the better you become at it, because you become good at whatever you practice.
- Having a conversation with someone over a cup of coffee while perpetually looking at your phone is training yourself to be distracted.
- Taking that same practice of moving your awareness from one thing to another in an uncontrolled way through your whole day makes you a master of distraction.
You become good at whatever it is you practice.Dandapani
Questions
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Because you have practised it. You become good at whatever you practice, and moving your awareness from one thing to another in an uncontrolled way all day is practice in distraction.
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Dandapani says that when you are with someone over a cup of coffee and you are perpetually looking at your phone, you are training yourself to be distracted.
Transcript
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I have a question for you. How hard do you have to try to be distracted? If your answer is not very hard, I'm a master at distraction, it comes effortless to me, then have you ever wondered why you're so good at distraction? The more you practice being distracted, the better you become at it. You become good at whatever it is you practice. Now if you're having a conversation
with someone of a cup of coffee and you're perpetually looking at your phone, you're You're training yourself to be distracted. And if you take the same practice of always moving your awareness from one thing to another in an uncontrolled way throughout your whole day, you'll eventually become a master of
distraction.