Who is stealing your attention?

Srijit Mukherjee
2 min readJan 22, 2023

Attention is valuable. Why? Because it is equivalent to your time. But, what’s drawing your focus away?

Your two most important resources.
Time & Money.

Everybody is seeking your attention.
Why?
Because they earn money from your attention.
How?
Simple.

You give attention to something.
They know your psychology quite well.
The “something” keeps you hooked.
It takes you on a journey.
The journey is never-ending.
In the journey.
They share ads.
The ads go deep into your mind.
After 2 months, you will buy it.
Probably. Or not!
And?
You lost 3 hours of your time.
Congratulations.

Imagine how many ads are shared.
Before a film starts.
In a cinema hall.

They are not wrong.
It is their duty.
To make their product attractive.
To make it the best.

It’s your fault.
You failed to keep your attention to yourself.
You act as if.
They have cast a magic spell on you.
It’s BS.

You should ask yourself?
Why am I not attentive?
Am I avoiding something?
What am I looking for?
Do I have some other important goals?
Why am I not working on the goals?
Do I have some goals without tech?

Go ahead.
Do them.
Take action.
Do something.
Don’t scroll.
Be responsible.

Love,
Srijit.

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Srijit Mukherjee

I can help you carve a career in statistics, data science, and machine learning. Know me more at https://www.linkedin.com/in/srijit-mukherjee/.