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Adam Grant, Rachel Botsman, Matt Mullenweg and others on how they get focused work done in a world of digital distractions.
Category: Business
Duration: 00:35:18
Publish Date: 2018-12-05 20:00:00
Description:

Staying focused on work that matters and resisting digital distractions can be a big challenge for the best of us. In this mix-tape episode, you’ll get to hear several guests’ strategies for how they maintain focus in a world full of digital temptations.


This episode covers:

* Why bestselling author and Wharton Professor Adam Grant doesn’t recommend going cold turkey on social media and other “distractions"

* Adam Grant’s “rules" for checking social media

* Why Rachel Botsman, the world’s leading authority on technology and trust, stopped using her mobile phone as an alarm clock

* How planning ahead helps WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg resist the temptation of digital distractions

* How Matt Mullenweg creates healthy habits and hacks to minimise unhelpful temptation

* Why Sarah Green Carmichael, Executive Editor at HBR, loves working from home

* How Sarah Green Carmichael deals with procrastination

* Moment CEO Tim Kendall’s tactics for staying focused, including a very extreme method

* Where Tim Kendall leaves his phone at night.


Check out amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes.


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