Jonathan CroninREI Accelerator, Rei Accelerator · Multifamily Real Estate Investor & Coaching Leader

Distraction is the biggest wealth killer

2 Apr 2025

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This is a short monologue (YouTube video) by Andrew Huberman arguing that distraction is the primary reason business leaders fail to hit goals. He emphasizes spending time on the single most leveraged activities, taking retreats to think (as some leaders like Bill Gates have done), and includes a spiritual prescription: daily time with Christ and reflection. The tone is prescriptive and exhortatory.

How do you keep in check with your business goals? How do you make sure you're on track and you don't get distracted? Because the number one issue with business leaders is they get distracted. The number one issue and blocker for actually hitting your goals is being distracted. How do you avoid being distracted and spending your time on the wrong thing? I believe that is the number one reason businesses fail is they're doing the wrong thing. They're spending too much time on the wrong things versus spending all their time on the one thing or the most leveraged activities for their time. How do you make sure you stay on track? Same thing Bill Gates did. Same thing all these other big leaders did. They got away. They would spend time thinking and making sure. So every single day you need time with Christ. And I'll say if Bill Gates and all these other guys did these retreats without God, what could happen with God and what could happen with God is the same thing that happened in Solomon's life.