Focus is the skill that is most needed in the future.

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Editor’s note: In the era of information explosion, how to be distracted is probably the skill we need most. This article provides a set of ways to help readers achieve “focus.” Article author Nir Eyal is the author of the forthcoming book Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. This article is part of a weekly series of articles on how to fight distraction. This article was translated from Medium, originally titled “Bees ‘Indistractable’ Will Be the Skill of the Future”, and I hope to inspire you.

4 steps to teach you the ability to

I know how one’s attention is distracted. For more than a decade, I have been helping technology companies develop products that “can’t help but open.” In 2014, I wrote a book about distraction, called “Hook: How to Build habit – making Products”, which teaches companies how to help customers develop healthy Get used to, such as going to the gym regularly and eating healthy food.

But in the process of writing this book, I will be disturbed by certain things. I remember one afternoon, my daughter and I sat down with a book to do activities. This is a book that helps fathers and daughters build relationships. One of the exercises is to ask each other: “If you can have super power, what do you want to have?” When my daughter answered this question, I felt a buzz in my pocket. A work email distracted me.

“Dad?” she asked me.

“Wait a minute, I reply to an email,” I muttered, staring at the phone, and my fingers kept tapping the screen.

I especially want to know what she said at the time, but I didn’t understand it. Because when she told me about her super powers, I was busy watching the phone. When I looked up, she had left the room.

Because I was distracted, I missed a perfect moment of father and daughter.. I knew then that I needed to learn how to manage my attention. I want to get convenience from technology products, not to make technology products cheaper for me.

If you ask me what super powers I want, my answer is: I want to concentrate.

Technology is becoming more and more popular, and electronics are everywhere. It is not realistic to expect technology companies to change these products, or to hope that your boss will learn to respect your time. . Although distraction is not necessarily your fault, responsibility should be borne by yourself. So, it’s time to learn how to avoid distracting yourself.

4 steps to teach you the ability to First let’s look at the definition of distraction. According to the American Psychological Association Dictionary of Psychology, distraction is the process of interrupting attention and the stimulus or task of diverting attention from your point of interest. . In other words, distraction will keep us away from what we want to do, whether it is spending time with our lover at home or a task at work.

If distraction becomes a habit, we may not be able to maintain the attention we need for creativity in our work and personal lives. To make matters worse, if we are often separated from friends and family because of distractions, we will gradually lose the interpersonal relationships needed to develop mental health.

Interference comes from all sides. For example, when you are chatting with family and friends, you suddenly get a text message notification; for example, when you plan to concentrate on work, colleagues come to chat with you; for example, when you plan to read a book, you open the phone and start. Brush WeChat public number.

The opposite of “distraction” is “concentration.” Focusing on helping us move in the right direction is a purposeful move. Any action, such as doing a big project, getting enough sleep or physical exercise, eating healthy food, spending time meditating or praying, or spending time with someone you love, if you are interested, it is focused which performed. Focus is to do “what you said you have to do.”

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