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Attention Quote by Rory Vaden

“We're busy being busy. Distraction is a dangerously deceptive saboteur…” quote by Rory Vaden — Download Open image

“We're busy being busy. Distraction is a dangerously deceptive saboteur of our goals, because we are not present to how much time we lose. We're distracted by things like being in meetings or on conference calls, or we get on Facebook related to business and the updates of friends captivate our attention and an hour goes by before we wake up.”

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