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Sep 2019
27m 46s

How to Be Less Distracted at Work — and ...

Harvard Business Review
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Nir Eyal, an expert on technology and psychology, says that we all need to learn to be less distracted into activities that don't help us achieve what we want to each day. Unwelcome behaviors can range from social media scrolling and bingeing on YouTube videos to chatting with colleagues or answering non-urgent emails. To break these habits, we start by reco ... Show More
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