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One is to pass on, as much as you’re willing to tell, the facts and deeds of your life to those who might be at all interested. The other function is to discover a truth about yourself that you never had either the time or the courage to face before. You will never investigate yourself as vehemently as you do when you put one word after another, one thought after another, one revelation after another, in the
The Play Goes On
Neil Simon
Most people tend to think of interruptions as originating from another person or from our devices, such as through a notification. But in our studies of people in their natural work environments, we observed a strange and regular phenomenon which typically looked like this: a person would be working on a task on their computer. Then, for no apparent reason to the observer, this person suddenly stopped what they were doing and checked their email or picked up their phone. There was no discernible stimulus that caused the person to interrupt themselves—there was rather some internal trigger, perhaps a thought, a memory, or habit. These interruptions originate from within ourselves. One of the most surprising results in our research is that we find that people are nearly as likely to self-interrupt due to something internal in them as to be interrupted by something external to them.10 We may not even be aware of how often we self-interrupt.
Attention Span
Gloria Mark
Thus America, hitherto rendered ineffectual by its remoteness, its racial diversity and its pusillanimous leadership, found itself instantly united, angry and committed to wage total war with all its outraged strength. Hitler’s reckless declaration the following week drew a full measure of this enormous fury down upon his own nation.
Modern Times
Paul Johnson
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