The second you click this video, you lose.

5 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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Short YouTube monologue (Capitalism.com; Ryan Daniel Moran) arguing that reactive attention to urgent texts, Slack messages, or upsetting news steals focus from meaningful activities (exercise, business, journaling, family). Moran recommends capturing an initial uninterrupted period (suggested first 30 minutes, longer if possible) to direct attention toward activities that move one forward and preserve living life on one’s own terms.

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The minute that you're responding to that urgent text message or slack message or the piece of news that pisses you off, whatever it is that grabs your attention, takes it away from the attention that you could be giving to the things that give you a meaningful step forward in your life. So whether you like to work out or start a business or journal or spend time with family, the minute your attention is taken away from that, you're no longer in control of you living life on your own terms. So if you can capture that initial 30 minutes, and the longer, the better of being uninterrupted, that's a step forward, regardless of where you decide to put that attention.