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FOUR EFFECTIVE WAYS TO LIFT YOUR PRODUCTIVITY

Ninety-six percent of people check their mobile phone within one hour of waking according to the Deloitte Global Mobile Consumer Survey. And for 61 percent of us, we have taken a peek within five minutes of waking.

While this may seem harmless, the act of checking our phone first thing sets us up to have a reactive day. If we open our email, other people’s priorities become our own. If good news or bad news awaits us, we are essentially letting other people set our mood for the day.

And even worse – if no news or new “likes” awaits us – we tend to feel a bit flat.

Through my podcast, , I explore the question of how the world’s most successful and productive people structure their

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