But it's also really good practice for relationships - personal and professional - to leave the phone at home or lock it in your car, if you are going out to a business lunch, or a meeting, dinner, etc.
There's nothing worse than sitting down with someone who is clinging onto their smartphone with an iron grip. Even if they put it face down on the table. You KNOW they want to take a peek.
Switch it off. Leave it somewhere safe. Everyone will know they have your undivided attention.
Love this “Consistency builds capacity. Inconsistency erodes it.” So true our attention is split every which to Sunday these days. Treating your focus as a muscle is a great way to go about it. Just because you can’t focus for long now, doesn’t mean you won’t be able to in the future.
This is very helpful advice. Thank you for sharing these insights. Takes me back to reading some of the nuances in Atomic Habits. Keep writing and sharing.
I have been attempting this progression without a planned structure. Thank you for this gym program, I am great at following those, now excited for gains.
Such an interesting read and the analogy with training in the gym really hit home. Thank you for sharing and I’m going to incorporate my reps into my day for sure 👌
Quite a good article. As a writer, my own limit is very very well-defined. 90 minutes. Right on time. My thinking about it is that my brain starts to do what I call cavitate - like a propeller spinning too fast. A key reason I can concentrate on what I am writing at all is that I'm vitally interested in what I'm writing. I can't help it. I'm not all that interested in phone activity. In person for me.
Good solid advice on focus. Yes. It's so important for us to keep mindful that it's like a muscle. We train it. Training takes time. No-one's instantly an expert. We all start as beginners. It's totally fine to make beginner-mistakes. Let's not beat ourselves up over them.
This is GREAT advice for increasing productivity.
But it's also really good practice for relationships - personal and professional - to leave the phone at home or lock it in your car, if you are going out to a business lunch, or a meeting, dinner, etc.
There's nothing worse than sitting down with someone who is clinging onto their smartphone with an iron grip. Even if they put it face down on the table. You KNOW they want to take a peek.
Switch it off. Leave it somewhere safe. Everyone will know they have your undivided attention.
Love this “Consistency builds capacity. Inconsistency erodes it.” So true our attention is split every which to Sunday these days. Treating your focus as a muscle is a great way to go about it. Just because you can’t focus for long now, doesn’t mean you won’t be able to in the future.
This is very helpful advice. Thank you for sharing these insights. Takes me back to reading some of the nuances in Atomic Habits. Keep writing and sharing.
I have been attempting this progression without a planned structure. Thank you for this gym program, I am great at following those, now excited for gains.
Such an interesting read and the analogy with training in the gym really hit home. Thank you for sharing and I’m going to incorporate my reps into my day for sure 👌
100% spot on. Growing up in the 70s & 80s we didn't have all the instant access and gratification, but we had lots of good stories and scars.
Quite a good article. As a writer, my own limit is very very well-defined. 90 minutes. Right on time. My thinking about it is that my brain starts to do what I call cavitate - like a propeller spinning too fast. A key reason I can concentrate on what I am writing at all is that I'm vitally interested in what I'm writing. I can't help it. I'm not all that interested in phone activity. In person for me.
Good solid advice on focus. Yes. It's so important for us to keep mindful that it's like a muscle. We train it. Training takes time. No-one's instantly an expert. We all start as beginners. It's totally fine to make beginner-mistakes. Let's not beat ourselves up over them.