There are many temptations to organize our life around the experience of earlier trauma. But that may short-change the future—which starts by our envisioning something better.
There’s a root cause for distraction lying deep within us. It’s the reason we rationalize away our actions even when we know they’re not what we intended.
By defining how we spend our time in advance and protecting that time just as we protect our money, we ensure we do the things that matter and ignore the things that don’t.
Being a wage slave means you are stuck doing a job solely for the money. You can’t quit, because leaving would have terrible consequences for you and your family.
Clearly, there are many problems Big Tech needs to be held accountable for. But spreading the untruth that our devices are controlling all of our brains doesn't help anything.
Holding on to the idea that willpower is a limited resource can actually be bad for you, making you more likely to lose control and act against your better judgment.
By proactively making time in your day for people to discuss important issues that would otherwise clog your email inbox, you’ll spend less time emailing.