I’ve been thinking about different forms of distraction, and the differences between distraction and mind-wandering. We talk a lot about focus and distraction, and often talk about them as if they’re ...

Have you noticed there are a lot of distractions out there—in businesses, organizations, families and nonprofits? Distractions are nothing new; they have been around since the beginning of time. From ...

Distraction generally has a bad reputation in our focused world. ADHD and ADD are seen as problems to overcome in part because they make it hard for sufferers to concentrate and, in some cases, to ...

I love the story of Edith, a mother of eight. One crisp afternoon, the usual clamor of her five youngest children—ages 4 to 10—fell silent. That was a warning! Edith peered through the kitchen window ...