Rob Dial points out that 67% of men and 25% of women would rather get shocked than sit alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes. He deleted all social media apps from his phone to reclaim focus and mental space from constant digital noise.
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67% of men and 25% of women would rather get shocked rather than spend 15 minutes with their own thoughts.
Well, I think that we are in a world of constant stimuli and the way I like to look at life is how can I set myself apart from everyone else? So recently I've deleted social media from my phone. Like if you go onto my phone right now I don't have any social media. You know, I'd go online and I'd say well how's my last post doing? What can I do to be better? And it would turn into two hours a day on it, whatever it might be. And so for me it's like I want to bring as much of my brain power into whatever it is I'm doing. If I'm trying to focus, which we'll talk about in a future chapter, I need to try to set myself up to make it as easy as possible to focus and.