One time I was reading on my phone while my older daughter, the four-year-old, was trying to talk to me. I didn’t quite hear what she had said, and in any case, I was reading an article about North Korea. She grabbed my face in her two hands, pulled me towards her. “Look at me,” she said, “when I’m talking to you.”

She is right. I should.

Since you stopped by and are distracted from your actual work, read this article (and get back to work). Good suggestions for eliminating distractions and breaking the dopamine-cycle.

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