4 types of 'noise' information should be ignored

If you interfere with your life, they will take away your motivation and reduce your concentration.

In today's busy world, each of us faces a lot of noise information (mental noise *) , maybe "eight" stories from colleagues or the latest news sent to phone. If you are affected by these disturbances, you will no longer be motivated to work and the focus will also decrease. Learning how to distinguish and filter information from noise is not simple, but if the information you receive is one of the following 4 categories , it is definitely a form of noise and you need to ignore it whenever you see it. them.

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1. There is no use value - Your action is not changed by this information

If information does not encourage you to change actions, it is redundant information. For example, the news about celebrity killings or scandals, they are completely out of your control.

2. Not at the right time - Cannot use this information all the time and very quickly change

An easy-to-understand example is that if you buy long-term securities, checking prices on the stock exchange daily is not only a form of noise but also time and effort.

3. Hypothesis - Information based on the belief that it "can" occur

What if you had a time machine and turned every moment you spent to listen to the weather forecast? You realize how many of them are wrong? Continuing to listen to "probable" things is time-consuming.

4. Causing distraction - Bringing you away from your goals

If your goal is to get the job done, spending time with family or friends or watching TV programs is noise.

About the author:

Shawn Achor is the CEO of Good Think Inc., a leading expert in psychological research, the link between happiness and success. He received many outstanding awards from Harvard University, his talk on TED Talks about mindset is one of the most heard talks with over 13 million times. He teaches at Harvard and many other countries, works with more than a third of Fortune 100 companies and is the author of New York Times bestsellers.

(*) Mental Noise is a kind of noise that lies in human thinking. It is the dialogue or monologue that happens continuously in the head. Sometimes we are not aware but it has a great effect on concentration, the ability of the subject to pay attention.