Distraction

Minimize Distraction to Restore Connection

Lilian Cheung, D.Sc., R.D. | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Distraction, Meditation, Mindfulness, How to Focus, Unitasking, Multitasking, Multitask, Focus, Unplug and Recharge, Meditations, Free Meditation, Meditation Focus, Healthy Living News

An important question to ask ourselves then: Do I want the fullest life, or the most fulfilling life? If you're feeling full and unfulfilled, it's time to try something new.

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ADDitions to Teaching, Parenting, Learning and Caring

Carol Smaldino | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Distraction, Parenting, Positive Psychology, Teaching, Add, Perfectionism, Oppositionalism, Education News

People with ADD are known for being oppositional but frequently (and I suggest is the case with the rest of us too) there is perfectionism lurking around the corner.

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Create a Distraction-Free Zone

Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Distraction, Robert Bjork, Technology and Kids, Children, Learning, Problem Solving, Parents News

That is where technology comes to the rescue for kids. In the middle of that frustration, they are prone to turn to a smart phone app, to start texting with a friend, or to take a break and play a video game. This multitasking is a killer for complex learning.

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21 Reasons to Take a Break From Your Cell Phone

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Cell Phones, Dropped Calls, Landline, Smart Phones, Blackberries, Eavesdropping, Iphones, Thieves, Handheld Device, Distraction, Style News

With no disrespect to Steve Jobs, we all need a break from our electronic toys from time to time. If you feel the need to take a break from your cell phone, read on for a list of good reasons to do so.

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How Do Placebos Relieve Pain?

Wray Herbert | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Executive Function, Distraction, Placebo, Cognitive Neuroscience, Expectation, Cognitive Therapy, Placebo Drugs, Placebo Effect, Placebo Pain Relief, Science News

Scientists and doctors have been studying placebos for more than half a century. These inert "sugar pills" remain highly controversial, yet they are widely used in clinical treatment today -- especially in the area of pain management.

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Exercising A Mind-Body Connection

goodmenproject.com | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Health Post 50, Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, Exercise, Body, Distraction, Gym, Fitness and Exercise, Reading, Mind, Fifty News

Full disclosure: I'm 57 years old, and twenty pounds over weight - and that was fine with me, at least until I caught a glimpse of myself, ambushed by...

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The New Epidemic: Chronic Boredom

Nancy Colier | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Smartphone, Identity, Technology, Well-Being, Boredom, Mindful, Distraction, Meditation, Parenting, Children, Unplug and Recharge, Healthy Living News

Technology is encouraging our belief that open time, or free play as it used to be called in pre-school, means boredom. What happened to our delight in not knowing what might unfold? Where has our interest and faith in creating something out of nothing gone?

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6 Ways To Amp Up Your Productivity At Work (And Avoid Cubicle Chaos)

Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: The-Daily-Muse, Distraction, Internet, Being Organized, Modern Office, Work Productivity, Office Cubicle, Facebook, Workplace Distractions, Productivity, Women News

Megan Halpern | The Daily Muse Ever have one of those days when, after nine jam-packed hours in the office, you still haven't knocked a major item ...

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21,000 Miles, One iPhone & Lots Of Real Food

Daniel Klein | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: I-Phone, Daniel Klein, America, Local, Road Trip, Distraction, Perennial Plate, Tweeting, Organic, Sustainable, Food News

We've spent the last 6 months traveling the country bringing you stories about real food from across america. You've seen frogs legs in Arkansas, Sea ...

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Tea and the Art of Distraction -- 4 Simple Steps

Jesse Jacobs | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Add, Mental Health, Daydreaming, Focus, Ritual, Distraction, Samovar, Adha, Tea, Gtd, Cell Phone, Productivity, Healthy Living Spirit, San Francisco News

Whether it's tea or anything else you can find to wake up, I believe that we need all the weapons available to fight distraction. Distraction keeps us from living fully and making a real difference in the world.

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Three Biggest Myths About Distracted Youth In The Digital Age

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Easily Distracted, Digital Youth, Digital Age, Myths About Distraction, Distraction, Texting While Driving, Wsj, Teenagers, Parents News

By Cathy N. Davidson on Speakeasy Whenever I lecture on the science of attention, I hear the same litany of fears from parents and grandparents wor...

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A Day in the Strife of a Writer

Eliezer Sobel | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Creativity, Marriage, Habits, A.D.D., Jewish Mothers, Writers, Writing, Procrastination, Distraction, Homeowning, Avoidance, Cleaning, Books News

On my way to the studio I notice the path is partly blocked by an overgrown shrub, so I put the pliers down, go to the tool shed to get hedge clippers and trim back the intrusive plant. I go in and sit at my desk to prepare for the class.

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Does Everyone Have ADHD?

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Distraction, Adult ADHD, Adhd, Add, Memory and Cognition, Healthy Living News

When your thinking is interrupted by your brain, you've got real ADD. When it's interrupted by the world, you just have trouble saying "no."

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Hired DistrActivists

Paula Gordon | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Harry Frankfurt, David Koch, Charles Koch, Nancy Pelosi, John Birch, T.S.Elliot, Distractivists, Republicans, Grover Norquist, Kleptocrats, Oligarchs, Distraction, Sarah Palin, Civilization, Media News

All the media wants to hear about is a soon-to-be former Congressman whose self-absorption and bad judgement are remarkable even by current congressional standards. I don't understand professional journalists, with all the resources at their command, being so easily suckered.

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In the Long Run: Is the Way We Define Success All Wrong?

Jon Ward | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Success, Marriage, Book Review, Weight Loss Success, Book Reviews, Distraction, Jim Axelrod, Parenting, Redefining Success, Happiness, Books News

Jim Axelrod's In the Long Run shows us that, in the end, it's only either failure or some combination of continual awareness, grace and a little luck that keeps the ambitious from losing their minds and sacrificing what's most important.

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Time Management God's Way: What's On Your To-Don't List?

Craig Groeschel | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Christianity, Distraction, Ephesians 5:15-16, Colossians 3:17, Busyness, James 4:14, LifeChurch.TV, Scripture Commentary, Time Management, Teachings of Jesus, Craig Groeschel, Religion News

Christ had to make difficult decisions about how he would spend his limited time on earth. His example has a lot to teach us.

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Lay Off the Laptop

xxxDan Treadwayxxx | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Distraction, Laptop, Education, Learning, Macbook, Powerpoint, Mulan, Farmville, Espn, George Washington University, Facebook, Diane Sieber, College News

Recently, while taking notes in class, I peered forward and saw the student in front of me playing a game on his MacBook. But something about this game was particularly peculiar.

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7 Sites You Should Be Wasting Time On Right Now

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wasting Time, Slidepollajax, Funny Websites, Procrastination, Distraction, Comedy Slideshows, 7 Time Wasting Sites, 7 Sites You Should Be Wasting Time on Right Now, Comedy News

As if you needed another reason to put off your last-minute Christmas shopping, here's our weekly list of seven sites you really should be wasting tim...

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New York Times Cover Story on "Growing Up Digital" Misses the Mark

Don Tapscott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Media, Growing Up Digital, Millenials, Don Tapscott, Digital Age, Distraction, New York Times, Millenial Generation, Attention Span, Digital Devices, Technology News

Rather than kids losing their attention spans there is a stronger case to be made that growing up digital is equipping today's youth with the mental skills that they'll need to deal with today's overflow of information.

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Rethinking How We Learn and Work

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Attention, Ellen Galinsky, Focus, Tony Hsieh, Distraction, Edward Hallowell, Mind in the Making, Linda Stone, Technology, Children, Schools, 92nd Street Y, Education News

We need to focus on managing our attention and energy, not just our time. Some schools are experimenting with providing longer time periods for learning and finding that it can be very effective.

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Windows Phone 7 Goes on Sale at AT&T and T-Mobile

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prevalence, Hype, Cushions, Microsoft Claims, Mobile Phone Owners, Pet Peeves, Windows Phone, Launch Party, Harris Poll, Steve Ballmer, Ralph De La Vega, Star Power, Distraction, Handset, Microsoft Store, Generation Y, Hd7, Technology News

You won't have to look to far for your Windows Phone 7 fix. It is being sold at T-Mobile -- HTC HD7 for $199.99 with a two-year contract. You can also pick one up from AT&T.

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A Gothic Bacchanal

Julie Newmar | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Distraction, Self-Improvement, Self Improvement, Politics of Distraction, Healthy Living News

We should all turn off the distractions -- the tea parties, cable news, blogosphere. Do you want mastery, success, admiration, all of the best things? Then go plow your own field. The world will take care of itself.

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How to Look at Mondrian

James Elkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vision, Seeing, Fingerprints, Cheddar Cheese, Oil Painting, Candle Flames, Porcelain Teeth, Spectra, Twigs, How to Use Your Eyes, Art Theory, Visual Studies, Painting, Sand, Sight, X-Rays, History, Piet Mondrian, Art, Mondrian, Visual Culture, Grass, Galaxies, Art History, Art Criticism, Visuality, Egyptian Scarabs, Sunsets, Viruses, History of Art, Fine Art, Glimpsing, Attention, Looking, Staring, Gazing, Distraction, Patience, Arts News

Our eyes are far too good for us. They show us so much that we can't take it all in, so we shut out most of the world, and try to look at things as br...

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Organize Your Craving Control Self-Talk

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Drug and Alcohol Counseling, Substance Use, Self-Talk, Mindfulness, Impulse Control, Distraction, Craving Control Training, Overeating, Relaxation, Compulsive Spectrum, Healthy Living News

There are four ways to manage cravings: with distraction, self-talk, relaxation and mindfulness. Self-talk, in my clinical experience, is the most fre...

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Simple Ways to Deal With Distractions (VIDEO)

Tara Stiles | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Meditation, Tara-Stiles-Video, Distraction, Tara Stiles, Yoga, Yoga Poses, Yoga Tips, Video, Healthy Living News

Meditation (and yoga) isn't a religion. It brings you back to YOU. That feels so amazing and aligns you with your creativity, intuition, and sets you in a state of energized inspiration.

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