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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