Our tendencies toward boredom, negativity bias, rumination, and hedonic adaptation conspire to make sure we’re never satisfied for long. Time Management is Pain ManagementĮvolution favored dissatisfaction over contentment. If a behavior was previously effective at providing relief, we’re likely to continue using it as a tool to escape discomfort. Only by understanding our pain can we begin to control it and find better ways to deal with negative urges.Īll motivation is a desire to escape discomfort. How we deal with uncomfortable internal triggers determines whether we pursue healthful acts of traction or self-defeating distractions. Most people don’t want to acknowledge the uncomfortable truth that distraction is always an unhealthy escape from reality. Unless we deal with the root causes of our distraction, we’ll continue to find ways to distract ourselves. The drive to relieve discomfort is the root cause of all our behavior, while everything else is a proximate cause. Master Internal Triggers What Motivates Us, Really? It will serve as your map for controlling your attention and choosing your life. The four-part Indistractable Model is a tool for seeing and interacting with the world in a new way. If you care about your work, your family, and your physical and mental well-being, you must learn how to become indistractable. Indistractable people are as honest with themselves as they are with others. Traction helps us accomplish goals distraction leads us away from them. Whether prompted by internal or external triggers, the resulting action is either aligned with our broader intention (traction) or misaligned (distraction). Being IndistractableĪll behaviors, whether they tend toward traction or distraction, are prompted by triggers, internal or external. With the techniques in this book, you’ll learn exactly what to do from this day forth to control your attention and choose your life. Planning ahead ensures you will follow through. The antidote to impulsiveness is forethought. In this day and age, if you are not equipped to manage distractions, your brain will be manipulated by time-wasting diversions.

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