Impacts of Distractions

Now more than ever, people are highly distracted.  Here are 7 signs that indicate reaching peak distraction:  1) Struggling to follow through or complete a task, deadline, or reach a goal.  2) Drifting to social media in the middle of attempting to work on a task. 3) Starring at the screen and having no idea where to start. 4) Difficulty completing sentences. 5) Short memory isn’t as good as it normally is.  6) Becoming easily agitated, flustered, or overwhelmed. 7) Interrupting others in conversation.   Distractions are so seductive because the brain craves constant stimulation and immediate gratification. This can be a killer to it all as it keeps people from being able to stay focused on one task at a time and unable to complete the work at hand. Not to mention, we live in a world where it is nearly impossible not to become distracted. There is constant noise in the background, social media at our fingertips, new emails that never stop flooding our inboxes, and phones that alert us