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Whatever career you are in, you always have other distractions.

— Alun Wyn Jones

Distraction wastes our energy, concentration restores it.

— Sharon Salzberg

Distractions are everywhere. And with the always-on technologies of today, they take a heavy toll on productivity. One study found that office distractions eat…

— David Rock

“Open offices, for example, might create more opportunities for collaboration,* but they do so at the cost of “massive distraction,” to quote the results…

— Cal Newport

Distractions can take us in an exciting direction but most often borrow our attention briefly without much resistance and take their sweet time giving…

— Tara Stiles

Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself.

— Marilyn vos Savant

People allow themselves to get distracted; I think ultimately, probably the biggest thing that gets in the way of people doing what they ought…

— David Allen

Distracted from distraction by distraction

— Anonymous

Working is a great distraction technique.

— Phyllis Logan

I think that we get so distracted with our smartphones... It takes your body and your brain time to switch between tasks. If we…

— Yael Cohen

While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone.

— Robert Genn

Distraction and procrastination come in a variety of flavors... when I'm distracted and I walk over and stare out the window, it's a very…

— Linda Stone