I have been forcing myself to pause and ask is this a distraction when I am working on something and I can feel that urge to jump down a rabbit hole emerge. Its taken practice but as I become more conscious of how often this happens the more intentional I become.
I'd argue my tolerance for "The top __ things to..." has become zero. I'm more tolerant to read for a specific solution to my current list of top problems than I am to read for a bunch of top solutions.
Content curation, amidst the attention economy, is still to me the number one factor toward making signal from noise.
Excellent post, Mike! I've been using "Ascent" to control my time spent on social media, specially Instagram, and it have been effective. I exchanged instagram for substack and LinkedIn, and created some good relations since then.
The attention economy is more competitive than ever! Loved the insights on how to stand out and build meaningful connections in a world full of distractions.
I have been forcing myself to pause and ask is this a distraction when I am working on something and I can feel that urge to jump down a rabbit hole emerge. Its taken practice but as I become more conscious of how often this happens the more intentional I become.
Practice makes perfect!
I'd argue my tolerance for "The top __ things to..." has become zero. I'm more tolerant to read for a specific solution to my current list of top problems than I am to read for a bunch of top solutions.
Content curation, amidst the attention economy, is still to me the number one factor toward making signal from noise.
Ahh, skip the fluff ("people's random problems") and go right to the meat ("your specific solutions"). I like it!
Excellent post, Mike! I've been using "Ascent" to control my time spent on social media, specially Instagram, and it have been effective. I exchanged instagram for substack and LinkedIn, and created some good relations since then.
Thank you, Leonardo! It sounds like you have an effective strategy!
The attention economy is more competitive than ever! Loved the insights on how to stand out and build meaningful connections in a world full of distractions.
Brilliant article, Sean! I am exploring my manic mind's lack of attention span as we speak. More here: https://shorturl.at/Sg4FH