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General Partner at Character. Author of SPRINT and MAKE TIME. More at jakeknapp.com.

I got frustrated with the distractions on my phone and deleted every app that pulls at my attention. I ditched Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, news apps, Gmail... I even disabled Safari. I thought I'd try the experiment for maybe an hour. Over 12 years later, I'm still doing it, and while it has not solved all my attention problems, it helps a little every day.

Jake Knapp

General Partner at Character. Author of SPRINT and MAKE TIME. More at jakeknapp.com.

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For me it wasn’t about distractions, but negativity. The world is a hard enough place, I don’t want to hear it daily by my acquaintances.

Simon Schreiber

Freelance Product Manager

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To focus for a certain period of time, uninstalling apps is not enough.. I came across different brain drain studies which conclude that the mere presence of a smartphone reduces the available cognitive capacity.

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(Digital Warlord/InfoPunk)

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Shobhit Chugh

I help Ambitious Product Managers transform into Highly Respected Product Leaders making 50%+ Income in a Dream Role | Free Lesson -> ipmworkshop.com

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I am not as far along as you but definitely deleted Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Slack and work email. It has worked wonders My biggest distraction are text messages :)

Martin Gallardo

TheStrategyMBA.com Founder | Partner @ martinhacks.com | Built 7 Figures Growth Services for Big4 | x-PwC Director, x-Accenture Digital Lead | Business & Sci-Fi Author | Board and Angel investor in AI & Climate

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I struggle deleting LinkedIn 🥹🥹🥹

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Love it Jake Knapp. Another thing I've done, is I have 1 touch gray scale enabled. Without the bright vibrant colors, the phone becomes less addicting. I enable them when I need it

Great post! My phone doesn't really distract me at all. It's the so easy ability to open a tab and be there on my laptop. How do you avoid that?

Fabrice Liut

I support leaders and their teams in organizing and working together efficiently for over 15 years.

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You make time ;)

Sudha Shankar

Founder & CEO @ Troo | Product leader | Social impact | Rethinking engaging learning experiences for children

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Make time and deep work were two books that made a transformational impact on managing time and doing deep work :)

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