Jack Canfield

Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them.

American Author

Jesse Itzler

I feel like I'd invested so much in the physical side of my life: running marathons - I brought a SEAL into my house - I have a trainer. But I've invested very little on the inner work, and in a world of distractions, I felt like to have the whole picture, I really had to spend a little time alone and work on being present.

American Businessman

Jhene Aiko

You know how a lot of people say, 'I lose myself in music,' or 'I like to escape,' but I want my music to be more of an awakening. I want it to make people to be aware of life; I don't want my music to be a distraction. I want to light a path.

American Musician

Clarence Thomas

You have a number of choices. You could continue to always fight against people who are really distractions. They're people in the cheap seats of life. Or you can do what you went there to do.

American Judge

Hope Solo

All my life, since the time I was little, has been a long distraction. At least that is the way some people want to perceive it, but for me, it's given me a lot of strength.

American Athlete

Jason Mraz

Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do, that way it wouldn't feel like a job. So I did that.

Helen Mirren

Nothing is quite so emotional and passionate as what goes on inside of a family. People are driven to distraction by a father or a mother or a husband. Or a child.

British Actress

Hilaire Belloc

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

English Poet

Jay Weatherill

A stronger focus on quality public policymaking and less distraction of personalities would be a sufficient and important contribution I can make.

Australian Politician

Nik Wallenda

I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions.

American Entertainer

Often used when something negatively affects focus, especially during tasks requiring concentration.

Negative Context

Can imply different scales of disruption, from minor annoyances to complete loss of attention.

Degree Varies

Usually describes an enjoyable break from stress or routine, often implying relief or comfort.

Positive Escape

Refers to a short-term diversion, not a solution to one's problems or worries.

Temporary Relief

In a psychological sense, implies an active engagement in an alternative activity for mental rest.

Active Engagement

Used in academic or therapeutic contexts to discuss strategies for redirecting attention.

Refocus Strategy

Highlights the splitting of attention that may lead to inefficiency in completing tasks.

Attention Split

In medical or psychological discussion, it points to a symptom affecting cognitive function.

Cognitive Symptom

 Your heart beats faster, your pupils dilate, and your body releases glucose for additional energy, not because you're in danger but because your body is telling you that something important is happening. To help you focus, norepinephrine creates a sort of tunnel vision, blocking out surrounding distractions,

The science of...

 with a distraction task in between. So we could look at the same brain when it was in that heightened state and when it was in a resting state. And we found activity in a lot of brain regions. In fact, one of the most important was a brain region that becomes active when you feel the rush of cocaine.

Why we love, why we...

 and, ironically, use the same technology that's driving us to distraction to help us step out of our unhealthy habit patterns of smoking, of stress eating and other addictive behaviors. Now, remember that bit about context-dependent memory? We can deliver these tools to peoples' fingertips

A simple way to break a...

 Sadly, it may interrupt and the polio situation might get worse a little bit because of the distraction here. We're using a lot of the great capacity that was built up for those polio activities to try and help the developing countries respond to this very well. And that is appropriate,

How we must respond to...

 were some distractions but despite that I was able to graduate in the top 80 percent of my class and then I got into the workforce like look millions of other people the B student but with a level aspirations for my life and I quickly became frustrated with the lack of tools that were

The Primary Color...

 I believe in focus focus it's a way for the dog to watch me if he's watching me he trusts me so I show him what I want so now he said what what do you want I have complete attention then if there are distraction around whether it be noise another dog a person running down

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 another one would pop back up again. It was a really very stressful time. I guess we all deal with stress in different ways. Some people will bury themselves in work, grateful for the distraction. Others will turn to their friends, their family, looking for support.

All it takes is 10...

 work by reducing the activity in pain-sensing circuits or boosting our coping system, or endorphins. Some people can cope with pain using methods that involve distraction, relaxation, meditation, yoga,

How does your brain...

 with dwindling energy chile must choose our target wisely but the kittens especially the bold cub chassa are a distraction they don't understand the rules of the hunt

Hungry Cheetah Cubs Need...

 It is essential the swap happens quickly before foster mum notices baby is missing. A bamboo distraction can only last so long.

Distraction