Short YouTube "shorts" by Nir Eyal contrasting distraction with "traction": traction is any intentional action that moves you toward your stated values and goals, while everything else is distraction. The clip emphasizes planning time in advance (turning values into time) and judging values by how people spend their money and time.
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So if I can't look at your calendar and see what it is you plan to do with your time, what the heck did you get distracted from? Everything's a distraction unless you decided in advance what you want to do. So the opposite of distraction is not focus. The opposite of distraction is traction. Traction and distraction. Traction is any action that pulls you towards what you said you were going to do. Things that move you closer to your values and help you become the kind of person you want to become. Those are acts of trust. Traction. So anything that you want to do in advance, anything with intent is traction. You want to play with your kids. Traction. You want to meditate, Traction. You want to watch tv. Traction. You want to look at your phone. Traction. Everything else is distraction. So that's the core of step number two is turning your values into time. If you want to know what someone's values are, don't listen to a word they say. They can't tell you. You look at two things when it comes to someone's values. You look at how they spend their money and how they spend their time.
