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patience
patient
sociable
a go-getter
to be overly critical of oneself
to struggle with delegating
to struggle with shyness
to not accept things at face value
to be unable
to call things into question
to let my emotions dictate my actions
to abandon a decision or goal
to be easily distracted
tardy
to focus too much on the details
to over-criticize the work
to have trouble saying “no” to requests
to procrastinate
Exercise 481. Watch video 4.2 and discuss it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZGVgzbfw
When I found myself struggling with distraction, I decided to do what many
people advise and got rid of the distracting technology. I got myself a flip-
phone without any apps. All it did was phone calls and text messages. Then I
got a word processor from the 1990s without any sort of internet connection.
Unfortunately, I found I still got distracted. I'd start reading a book from my
bookshelf. I'd tidy up my desk. I'd take out the trash even just to avoid the thing
that I didn’t want to do. I had only focused on the external triggers the pings
and dings that were leading me towards distraction. What I hadn't focused on,
and what turns out to be a much more common source of distraction, are the
internal triggers the uncomfortable emotional states that we seek to escape.
When we're lonely, we check Facebook. When we're uncertain, we google.
When we're bored, we check the news, stocks prices, sports scores, anything to
not feel these uncomfortable sensations:
- that we're not ready to experience. Here are a few techniques I discovered
in my research that could help us stay on track. First what you want to do
is to make sure you plan your day. Two-thirds of people don't keep any
sort of calendar, any kind of schedule in their day. Well the fact of the
matter is if you don't plan your day,

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