Distraction is a big problem

One of the biggest problems in the world today might be "distraction". The alternative to distraction is concentration, and concentration is how we get things done. This is almost tautological, because if we suffer from distraction, we are not focusing on the right things. If we were focusing on the right things, we would not be distracted right? So what are the right things? How do we make space for ourselves to concentrate on the right things?