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Boundaries, Priorities, and Finding Work-Life Balance (HBR Work Smart Series)
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Boundaries, Priorities, and Finding Work-Life Balance (HBR Work Smart Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Russell Glass, Morra Aarons-Mele, Alyssa F. Westring, Amantha Imber
May 2024
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
208 pages
3h 12m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
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15 How to Stop Scrolling and Focus at Work

by Amantha Imber

When I go upstairs to start work for the day in my home office, there is one big predictor of how productive I’m going to be—whether my mobile phone comes with me or whether I deliberately (or accidentally) leave it downstairs.

Sadly, this morning, my phone was by my side. As I wrote this piece, every time I felt stuck, I unconsciously picked it up and scrolled through social media for relief. The new messages, likes, and followers instantly made me feel better. But they also made me reluctant to go back to work, because Microsoft Word failed to fill me with the same positive reinforcement.

“If I find it difficult to not be distracted by my phone, how about younger professionals ...

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ISBN: 9781647827090