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Change just ONE thing to free yourself from your phone

Friday, December 9th, 2011 | FranklinCovey News | 1 Comment

Like Pavlov’s dog, many of us have been conditioned to reach for our pocket or purse whenever we hear a chime. Some people like myself also suffer from a condition that is commonly called, “phantom vibration syndrome”(Read this a great article on the syndrome by fast Company)–Which means you reach for your phone, because you think it is ringing or vibrating, only to find it isn’t there.

Yes, I hate to admit it, but I am one of those people who cannot go an hour without pulling out my phone to do something…whether it’s checking email, checking in to a location app, updating my social media status, or surfing the web. I even tried going a day without having my phone with me. I felt like a smoker who is trying to go cold turkey. It was really hard. Read more

Authors: Matt Murdoch and Treion Muller

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1 Comment to Change just ONE thing to free yourself from your phone

David Cooper
December 10, 2011

Like most of us we have become addicted to our mobile phones especially to smart phones the selection of interaction with the world and the domestic is is immediately accessible using it more often.

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