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Want to Reduce Digital Distractions? Brain Coach Jim Kwik Shares Strategies for Better Focus

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When the first thing you do is grab for your phone, you’re rewiring your brain for two things that are hurting your productivity or performance.” With social media, texts and emails, it’s easy for our brains to suddenly switch into defense mode to fight fires. This way, he has six attainable goals to focus on for the rest of the day.

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Time Is Your Most Valuable Resource—Don’t Waste It

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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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Working a Side Gig? Here’s How to Prep for Your Second Shift

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My goal is to create as much parity as possible between my roles.”. Because Long can’t neglect his other work entirely, he allows himself an hour in the middle of each day to respond to emails and phone calls. This article originally appeared in the August 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated.

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How To Be A Good Mentee: Everything You Need To Know

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If an email only mentions grabbing coffee, it may seem less pressing. Maybe it’s a monthly meeting over coffee or 20-minute phone calls every other week. What are my short- and long-term goals? How can he or she help me achieve those goals ? So reach out with an explicit purpose. Why am I courting this particular leader?

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Cashing in Without a Cash Register

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The rows of brightly colored candy, tabloids and magazines were closing in on me. Let me make a cashless payment by scanning my phone, entering a secret code or with my mom’s credit card. The Starbucks next door lets me pay and receive coupons using my phone. I was trapped. There was nothing I could do.

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The Benefits Of Commuting (Yes, There Are Some)

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This article was written by M Moser’s Jeni Durksen for Work Design Magazine. For some, a series of email surprises, expensive and time-consuming. Is the wifi fast enough to support Wednesday’s peak traffic, and does the office have enough phone booths and meeting rooms for a mixture of focus and collaborative work?

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‘Maybe the Only Way to Have an Answer to the Unknown Is to Face It Every So Often’

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My goal is to conquer it today, camp at Naked Ground, then hook up with another trail that takes a less-strenuous 8.5-mile But if I decide it requires too much effort to step outside and pick it up, an electronic edition is already in my email. I found myself on the map and logged it in my phone. mile route back.

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