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414: The Top Reason Why You're Not Succeeding in Work and Life | Simon Sinek
The Genius Life
Disconnect to Reconnect
Technology and social media often disrupt focus and mindfulness, creating a constant distraction that undermines meditation. The presence of devices leads to an incessant 'gravitational pull,' causing anxiety over missed notifications. By utilizing techniques such as airplane mode, individuals can eliminate distractions and reduce dopamine addiction, allowing for deeper concentration and genuine social interactions. Despite the convenience of technology, the prevailing evidence suggests its negative impact on mental well-being and the overall human experience.
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Speaker 2
I feel like technology and social media particularly are like the antithesis to meditation. Cause your devices are always around, exerting a gravitational pull.
Speaker 1
Yours is in your pocket and mine is not here. Where's yours? I left it over there. Really? Yeah.
Speaker 2
Oh, yeah. I feel like that's
Speaker 1
interesting. And I do that. If I'm gonna be focused on something, I don't wanna have a buzzing beeping thing in my pocket. Even if it's on silent, I know stuff's coming in. I very often put my phone on airplane mode when I have to do something, because then I know nothing's coming in. When I go out for dinner with friends, I very often put my phone in airplane mode. Nothing's coming in. In a meeting, I put it in airplane mode or put it in another room, nothing's coming in. I know nothing's coming in. So there's no dopamine, you know, there's no that fear that I'm missing something.
Speaker 2
So
Speaker 1
you can game the system the other way around too. You can take the dopamine addiction away. In the grander scheme of things though, do you think it's helping or hurting?
Speaker 2
Or it's-
Speaker 1
I think the data on this is well established. Of course it's hurting us. It's hurting. Yeah.
Speaker 2
I mean, Jonathan Haidt just, he's
Speaker 1
been, you know, all over the press lately with his work, but there are many others talking about it.
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