Attention (MoC) - DeveloPassion

# Attention (MoC) ## Notes   - [[ADHD]] - [[AI Attention]] - [[Attention]] - [[Attention momentum]] - [[Attention starts with orientation and continues with sustained focus]] - [[Attention types]] - [[Attentional process]] - [[Capturing attention creates leverage]] - [[Controlling attention, emotions, thoughts, actions and desires is key to success]] - [[Directed attention]] - [[Distractions are everywhere]] - [[Evolution of the value of attention]] - [[Flow]] - [[Flow State Optimization (FSO)]] - [[Focus on the process, not the outcome]] - [[Going offline is good for mental health]] - [[Guarding Your Focus Essential Strategies to Protect Your Attention (Article)]] - [[How to get started with journaling]] - [[Interstitial Journaling]] - [[Knowii Community Event - Knowledge Builders - 2025-08-20 - Journaling Deep Dive]] - [[Knowii Community Event - Knowledge Builders - 2025-11-18 - OSK v3 Deep Dive Workshop]] - [[Laser Focus]] - [[Make time for priorities]] - [[Mindfulness]] - [[Missing the forest for the trees]] - [[More emotions implies less cognitive control]] - [[New Now Next]] - [[Noise competes for our attention all the time]] - [[Now is already gone]] - [[Our environment and changes in it can severely affect our ability to sustain attention]] - [[Paying attention fosters well-being]] - [[Procrastination in disguise]] - [[Productive and uninterrupted work requires us to take early measures against distractions]] - [[Shiny object syndrome]] - [[Shiny poney]] - [[Solitude fuels productivity and creativity]] - [[Staying top of mind for your audience]] - [[Stimulated attention]] - [[Stop Losing Your Best Ideas - The Journaling System That Changed My Life (Article)]] - [[Sustained Attention]] - [[Sustained attention is a critical building block for being organized]] - [[The challenges of attention]] - [[The opposite of distraction is traction]] - [[The power of journaling for people with ADHD]] - [[The problem of most people isn't so much all the distractions around them, but rather the fact that they are unable to focus and ignore those]] - [[The squeaky wheel is the one that gets the grease]] - [[Time is a currency]] - [[Time Timer]] - [[Tips to get more often in the zone]] - [[Tips to win in the attention economy]] - [[To be organized, we need to train our ability to sustain focus]] - [[Undivided attention is key to effective communication]] - [[We must be able to inhibit or stop parasite thoughts and actions early]]  ## Quotes   - [[90 percent of success is not getting distracted]] - [[Choose a main focus for the day, and focus all your energy on that before trying to do anything else]] - [[Don't have a leaky mind]] - [[Don't manage your time. Manage your attention]] - [[Focus on the problem to solve and give it your undivided attention and effort. Produce high-quality work that is secure]] - [[Fundamentally, controlling and channeling your attention is about feeling, thinking, and doing what YOU want versus what others want]] - [[Games cost a lot more money than their price tag. The opportunity cost is HUGE]] - [[Get it out of your mind right away, and get back to work asap]] - [[If they don't value my time, they don't deserve my attention]] - [[In the age of distraction, focus is a superpower]] - [[In the era of algorithmic distraction, the ability to maintain a single thread of thought for four hours is a superpower. It is the only way to solve hard problems]] - [[It's hard to build momentum if you keep dividing your attention]] - [[Knowledge isn't free. You have to pay attention]] - [[Most people don't value their attention and their time nearly enough. They sell themselves cheaply]] - [[Taking control of your focus also means taking control of your life. If you let others control your focus, you let them control your life as well]] - [[The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook]] - [[The equation is simple. Time is money, and if your attention gets stolen away, your time is also stolen]] - [[The Internet favors what’s fast]] - [[The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing]] - [[The modern mind is overstimulated and the modern body is understimulated and overfed. Meditation, exercise, and fasting restore an ancient balance]] - [[The moment you’re aware that you’re happy, you no longer are]] - [[The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new]] - [[The wealth of information means a dearth of something else]] - [[To observe attentively is to remember distinctly]] - [[Whatever you focus on, you're going to feel]] - [[When information is cheap, attention becomes expensive]] - [[When people talk listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen]] - [[When the bar is set lower and when you focus on making meaningful progress, step by step, you get to focus more of your attention on how to move forward more effectively. This encourages experimentation and fosters creativity]] - [[When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change]] - [[When you lose your control of your attention, you lose your time, your most precious asset]] - [[Where attention goes, energy flows. Where intention goes, energy flows]] - [[Work on one thing at a time until finished]] - [[You become what you give your attention to]] - [[You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time]] - [[You don’t control the mountain, only the climb]] - [[You regain control of your attention when you have a goal. A real goal. One that you can't stop thinking about. One that turns anything you read, watch, or listen to into ideas you can apply toward that goal]]