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6. Getting Traction from Distraction

The OptimalWork Podcast

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The Best Treatments for Depression Are Behavioral Activation

Uncertainty in creative work is the sweet spot that you aim for. Uncertainty makes people think that they're wasting their effort. And then they engage in ways of trying to decrease their effort. But that's what puts people onto the path of distraction. Anything you do to try to decrease your effort is going to cause a distraction.

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