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JULY 29, 2022
A 2018 article published in the Labor Law Journal looked at the legal implications of working after-hours, discussing how smartphones give employees easy access to their work emails at all hours of the day. The breakdown of work-life balance. All of this, of course, makes it difficult for employees to maintain a work-life balance.
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JULY 19, 2021
Your phone, the apps you use and every website you visit are designed to capture and hold your attention. Consider the real reason you check your phone more than 150 times a day on average: It’s a principle called random rewards, and it also explains why people keep pulling a slot machine lever over and over. It’s the world we live in.
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FEBRUARY 2, 2024
And while a day full of luxury might be a bit much, treating yourself to little rewards as you pursue a big goal can help you stay motivated and positive. Rewards are often seen as something that comes at the end of a big project or goal. It’s not just personal goals that need rewards, either. Why should I reward myself?
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MARCH 24, 2022
If you waste several minutes fussing with the coffeemaker each morning, then it might be cost-effective to buy your brew. Write down your goals and turn them into an elevator pitch. Studies show that women who can clearly craft a narrative for themselves—and mentally embrace it—have a better chance of reaching those goals, Lapin says.
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AUGUST 1, 2022
We were making a lot of cold calls, just pounding the phones, to try and convince people to work with us. We don’t have room for people who don’t meet their goals, but that’s from 8 a.m. I do want to win, don’t get me wrong—we’re all about winning—but not at all costs. Still, he kept his eyes on the prize—making Excel viable. “I
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MARCH 17, 2022
I set daily alarms on my phone so I wouldn’t forget to sleep, or worse, make the mistake of oversleeping. The reality of napping is that the total “cost” of a quick one could be 50 minutes—20 minutes to reach sleep and 30 minutes to engage in sleep. I can feel the blue light from my phone threatening my sleep most nights.
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AUGUST 14, 2021
We hadn’t used phones or computers, listened to music, read books, or written. Only my phone knew how many texts and emails awaited me. Sometimes I even like my phone. Like many, I’ve spent most of my life investing in the future and analyzing the past at the cost of present peace. The bell rang. Noble silence ended.
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