“Are there so many fascinating, exciting things to do or so many challenges pressing down upon you that it is hard to keep focused on that which is essential? When things of the world crowd in, all too often the wrong things take highest priority. Then it is easy to forget the fundamental purpose of life. Satan has a powerful tool to use against good people. It is distraction. He would have good people fill life with 'good things' so there is no room for the essential ones. Have you unconsciously been caught in that trap?” PeopleWorldHardUsePurposeEasyChallengesForgetRoomsPowerfulEssentialsHighestToolsExcitingFundamentalsGood ThingsCaughtCrowdsFocusedPrioritiesThings To DoSatanFascinatingPurpose Of LifeGood PeopleDistractionTrapsWrong ThingsExciting Things Author:Richard G. Scott
“In our land of opportunities and distractions, it's hard to devote our attention to the quiet pleasures of reading. It's as if we live our lives in a noisy restaurant and can't have the intimate conversation we most yearn for.” IfsHardReadingOpportunityPleasureAttentionOur LivesLandQuietConversationIntimateRestaurantsDistractionNoisyLand Of OpportunityPleasure Of ReadingIntimate Conversation Book:The Little Guide to Your Well-read Life Source: The Little Guide to Your Well-read Life
“Keep your head down, avoid all the distractions of being a writer todayall the shifts in the business, all the drama, all the debating about where publishing is goingand write the best story that you can. It sounds a bit glib, but I think this is advice a lot of people are having trouble following right now. It is so hard to focus. But that is the single key to success.” PeopleThinkingWritingHardStoriesTodayBitsSoundFocusTroubleAdviceKeysDramaRight NowFollowingDistractionPublishingKey To Success Author:Jeff Abbott
“What is pronounced these days is staying on the Internet for hours. It's really about distraction. We are living in such an over stimulated culture. There's a nervous energy of always having to be focused out there. People have a hard time just being happy, settled, and content. We're not taught how to just be by ourselves, be present. We always want to change the channel in our minds because we don't like what's going on. It's uncomfortable.” PeopleWantMindHardCultureEnergyHoursTaughtInternetFocusedNervousThese DaysUncomfortableHard TimesStayingDistractionJust Being Author:Geneen Roth
“I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction.” ThinkingHardStuffEntrepreneurUselessDistractionAbandoned Author:Seth Godin
“It's hard not to hate. People, things, institutions. When they break your spirit and take pleasure in watching you bleed, hate is the only feeling that makes sense. That's what I need to tell you. To let you know how hard I'm trying not to cave under the weight of all the awful things I feel in my heart. When I look at my day, I realize most of it was spent cleaning up the damage of the day before. In that life I have no future. All I have is distraction and remorse.” PeopleKnowsNeedsFeelsTryingLooksHeartHardFeelingsSpiritHateRealizingPleasureBreakKnow HowMy HeartWeightInstitutionsAwfulMake SenseDamageDistractionCavesCleaningRemorseHate PeopleCleaning Up Author:J-Ax