24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week

When Ken is teaching at UC Berkeley, he asks his students who insist on taking notes on their laptops (which can be less effective for comprehension than taking notes by hand) to sit in a separate area. He knows that even if you don’t bring a laptop to class, if the person in front of you does, you’ll retain less of the lecture.

We are animals. We may have language, morality, fancy accessories, and opposable thumbs, but at heart, we’re still animals who rely on instincts. We call these instincts “emotions” or “desires,” and they’re extremely useful. They help us navigate a complicated world. But sometimes these emotion-instincts can be less than noble, especially where tec

As Thomas Edison said: “Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious.”

If you meditate, you’ve felt your brain switch over. When you start, you’re still in default mode network, and your thoughts are all over the place. But as you push those stray thoughts aside and begin to focus, the task positive network kicks in.

Angela Duckworth, renowned for many things including introducing the character strength “grit” into the public discourse.

“soft skills”—cooperation, collaboration, intuition, empathy, storytelling, connection, creativity, gratitude, and the desire to nurture—all

You become skilled at any work—carpentry, music, or gardening—by practicing. Tech Shabbat gives you the opportunity to practice whatever it is you want to get better at, even if it’s just being.

“The Productivity of Working Hours” showed that the relationship between productivity and hours worked is nonlinear, with productivity actually decreasing over fifty work hours per week.

the Shabbat rituals. I have always loved the line from author Stephen R. Covey, “I think the most significant work we’ll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home.”