Haven't you noticed how much distraction presents itself, non-stop, everywhere, for reason & no reason, wanting a piece of you to do with who knows what? NOTE: you have not included it, enlisted it or even given it any thought or considerations until its foot is in your mind door & it successfully enters into you or your field of vision for a second or longer. It's like a mosquito landing on you for its own reasons, gets your attention, you swat or crush & then move on. But that little critter along with fleas, ticks & itches got to you & distracted you!
continual, non-stop, on purpose hypnotic distraction
MARKETING IS BUILT ON DISTRACTING
Walk down any isle in a supermarket & my post point is demonstrated. clearly. Everything on display is near perfectly presented using space, eye level, colors, boxing, price alerts, displays, with statements that grab especially to your "free" gene in the way of discounts, coupons, on sale, buy 2 get 3rd one free & free gift with purchase or on your next purchase. The whole distracting existence is at work
MARKET SHOPPING
If you browse in a market, they got you because they are fishing for you wanting to set the purchase hook. If you are a smart shopper, one that has a list, a purpose & I am out here, they don't score but you win. Same with any retail store too & it really takes off online with fast deliveries & easy returns. Distractions as an artform
IT'S EVERYWHERE
YouTube & videos at large want to distract you with a promise of an interesting subject of yours in exchange for them pitching to & at you for a few seconds. NOTE: they track your browsing & purchase history refining the procedures
SIGNS, BILLBOARDS, COMMERCIALS ADVERTISEMENTS
Never let up! That's why nature is so appealing as well as leaving the city via vacations or venturing out. We get away from distractions reducing them to a minimal. Ah, but they win out in the end these cunning & clever distractions
YOUR CELLPHONE
Today, anywhere anyone goes, they take their cell phone. Distractions are ecstatic as they not only track you but allow you to voluntarily be distracted mostly with meaningless, don't need to know, chatter & dumb-downing communications.
YES, SOCIAL MEDIA
I have seen this & so have you, where people will be driving, sitting in a room, waiting for something or someone & they are not looking up but instead down, at cell phone, at their social media sites, non-stop, or worse yet, playing games of all sorts all of which is being monitored & improving as they figure you out, what you want, what you do & where you go. All for what reason? They want a piece of you
TO DISTRACT YOU
They capture you now a days as they only have to addict, hypnotize, offer fantasy, & a sense of self, artificial importance as in look how many followers I have. At some point, you cannot stop or you are led to believe you are letting them down
WATCH THIS ONE
Anything new, appealing & shiny. Include cars, jewelry, pictures of food, gadgets, gizmos & things you want but don't need. Go through your garage, clothes closets, dresser drawers to help make my point. Look what is sitting there. They got there because the original distraction bait, the one you nibbled on & it succeeded
WORTHY NOTE: Pocket knives, cosmetics, toys, gadgetry, trends, do-bobs all fascinate us to buy & want, but serve mostly no purpose past the purchase stage
THE ENEMY OF DISTRACTION
Is focus. A determination to start & finish. To come & go. To use effectively a type of tunnel vision & the ultimate defense is for one to finally address their wants & needs honestly, moderately, even with some restraint & distractions weaken & lose
SOME COUNTER DISTRACTION MOVES
1. Eat before you shop, travel or take a test
2. Apply purpose to your endeavors. Meaning defeats distractions
3. Know beforehand what you are doing & why
4. Stay out of your past & your future as they are expert distractors/capturers
DISTRACTIONS USE BOMBARDMENTS
You can become overwhelmed, underwhelmed, lured (think lusting), my old favorite & yours, temptations of all kinds as the general attack. The specific & personal is more appealing as they continue to monitor texts, phone calls, shopping, traveling & purchases of all kinds. Sound too Orwellian? Look again
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