How to Get the Most Out of Your Cell Phones

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There's a famous series of will, feral commercials that anybody could Google on YouTube. They're called device free dinner. The first one absolutely we've been talking about is psychological. We compare our directors cut life with everybody else's greatest hits. So psychologically you're always inferior. Second one is productivity. There's reports to say this 31% of our time on our phones is bookmark prioritizing and switching the devices are need to be turned into pull devices, not push devices. And third one I'll say is physical: If you expose your brain to bright screens within two hours, it does not produce enough melatonin overnight for giving you a deep restful sleep.

Shane's guest on this episode of the show is New York Times bestselling author Neil Pasricha, who returns for his second appearance on The Knowledge Project. We discuss the importance of gratitude and how simple acts can change the way you feel, where confidence comes from, the specific routines and habits you can use to counter anxiety, the recipe for building resilience, and so much more. Pasricha is the author of seven books which collectively have sold over 2 million copies and spent over 200 weeks on bestseller lists, including The Happiness Equation and Two-Minute Mornings. His first TED talk, “The 3 A’s of Awesome,” is ranked as one of the 10 Most Inspiring of all time, and he also hosts a podcast called 3 Books, where he uncovers the 1,000 most formative books in the world. Neil previously appeared on Episode 72 of the The Knowledge Project, one of the show’s most downloaded conversations to date. His new book, Our Book of Awesome, will be released Dec. 6.

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