When we narrow, we’re redirecting all of our computing power to the handful of processes that matter. It’s as if to help with our slow Wi-Fi, we disconnect our phone and tablet, just so that our video conference call won’t lag. Narrowing also helps with goal attainment. It cuts out all of the other distractions and places the most important goal front and center. When we home in, we increase motivational intensity, reinforcing that what’s in front of us is what we should be after. For a brief moment, the trade-off can be worthwhile, but when we ______________________________, we start to miss cues and signals. We get locked in on one path without being able to step back and see a better route. When we’re stuck narrowed in for too long, accidents go up and performance drops. We miss hearing alarms that signal there’s a problem elsewhere.
* lag: 지체되다