Think about it, when you're IGNORING someone and looking at your phone & NOT paying attention to them, what are you doing? Checking social media, checking scores, scrolling through photos, hell we're even looking through photos of the people right in front of us, or maybe we are swiping right…or left! The PROBLEM: Phubbing. No this isn't Brooke-ish. Phubbing is ignoring someone in favor of your phone & it hurts relationships and is costing you money.If you're talking to someone & their phone is present, your guard is up & you know they are not listening/paying attention. Numerous studies have been done on this: partners experience depression & less satisfaction with life, friendships aren't spare as we see our friends as less polite & less attentive that phub us. One feels disrespected & not heard. Well you are saying to yourself, “Brooke, I don’t check my phone…it's on the table.” Yeah no. That's like me saying I'm going to stop buying Jordans & then slowing down to one/week.Think of the last dinner you attended. If the phone was on the table, did you feel better, or were you simply waiting for it to ring/for the person to grab/check it? You know the most important thing in the room was the damn phone! Numerous studies have proved this. Simply having the phone present during a conversation interferes with the ability for humans to connect, experience true empathy, & at the core of any true friendship! We feel more empathy when these little devices are tucked away & out of sight.When you were phubbed, you most likely you felt unheard & disregarded like a piece of trash. What did you do? Turned to your phone!! Why? You wanted to feel included! Here's the kicker, social media actually makes us feel MORE alone!Now think of this in a business setting. If you're in a meeting & your manager has their phone on the desk, what does that do to the employees? What message is that sending to the team? Think how much more successful the message would be if the phone was tucked away & out of sight where neither party is fighting for attention, whether subconsciously or now consciously? Now take the scenario where a customer/client is across from you & a phone is present. You are telling the customer upfront you don't hear them & don't care about them, AND have given them permission to use their phone. What happens when a customer picks up a phone in a dealership...they shop our competitors! It is not enough that every time we leave them they are shopping them, now we have willingly told them: pick up the phone & use it! Why not instead, connect with them, show them you truly care, and that you care enough to put yours away for the duration of the conversation? Having the phone outs makes it that more difficult to close the deal as you have lost the connection.Nicholas Kardaras, former Stony Brook Medicine clinical professor and author of Glow Kids, goes so far as to liken screen time to digital cocaine. Consider this: The urge to check social media is stronger than the urge for sex, according to research by The University of Chicago’s Wilhelm Hoffman.Greatest needs are Food, Shelter, and positive social connections with people. Crucial for health and happiness and is worse than smoking, high blood pressure and obesity!0:00 Start0:47 New Time, Same Brooke1:22 Idaho Falls, Melaleuca Freedom Celebration Fireworks, July Fourth Plans and Grilling Favs2:16 No Live Show on Monday2:48 What The Phub?3:29 Vacation vs Trip, Leave Phones Behind, Home Depot6:31 What Is Phubbing?7:43 Why Phubbing Is Hurting Us9:25 What Happens When You Feel Disrespected and Not Heard -  Phubbing Is Costing You Money and Relationships14:02 What Message Are You Sending?Connect with BZ Consultants Group: https://qrco.de/bcqqFo#FactsNotFeelings #phubbing