Only 10% of distractions are related to external triggers #shorts

Studies find even though we blame those things, we think it's, oh, it's the phone, it's the computer, it's the kids, it's all these things outside of us that lead to distraction. Turns out they only account for 10% of our distractions. What's the other 90%? The other 90% of the time that you get distracted, it's because of an internal feeling, an uncomfortable emotional state, boredom, loneliness, fatigue, uncertainty. But I will tell you, it doesn't matter. If it's too much news, too much booze, too much football, too much Facebook, you're always going to find that distraction if you don't tackle the source of the problem. So that's why stay step number one, the most important step. Because again, it accounts for 90% of our distractions. None of the hacks and tips and stupid grayscaling, silly stuff, none of that stuff works unless you don't first figure out what is the source of the discomfort and have practices, have arrows in your quiver, tools in your toolbox ready to go so that when you feel that discomfort, you know what to do with it.