Ready to tame your tech so you can get more done in your day?
Your FQ is: High Average
You’re a
Tech-Tamer
You’re aware that technology can take over your life a bit *too* much at times but you’re developing a range of smart strategies to help you curb your digital dependencies and distractions.
Whilst you’d like to spend a little less time plugged-in and a lot more time switched off from your devices, you’re just not sure how to do that (without resorting to a digital detox or abstaining altogether because that’s not an option, given your current work and/or family situation). You recognise that your focus is an important skill to cultivate, but you’re not always able to disable digital distractions.
Three Micro-Habits to Power-Up Your Performance
Activate Focus mode. When you want to do deep work or simply don't want to be distracted turn on Focus mode. You can now customise this feature so some contacts can still get through whilst everyone else is blocked.
Bundle/batch your notifications so they come to you at allocated times, rather than dribbling in throughout the day.
Put your phone out of sight when doing your deep focused work. Just seeing your phone can reduce your cognitive performance by 10%.
Companies spend billions of dollars each and every year on research alone, discovering how to make their systems, apps and online platforms even more engaging and enticing to us as consumers. Our tech is engineered to rob us of our time and attention (if you haven’t watched The Social Dilemma, please do so to hear more of the persuasive techniques deployed by tech companies to get us hooked on their platforms.
The technology we use has been intentially designed to meet (and actually prey) on our basic physiological needs. It causes f neurological changes in our brains and physiological responses in our bodies. We know for example, that some of us now suffer from ’email apnoea’ where we literally hold our breaths when we dive into our inboxes. Our heart rates increase and we dump cortical (the stress hormone).
But it’s not all doom and gloom! 1There are simple solutions that can help you tame your most troubling tech habits and get you back in control of your tech use.
Here are three ways I can help you do that:
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