However, individuals alone cannot solve the email problem by simply cutting off from it, as then they are unfairly left out of the communication loop. Email is a much bigger problem that needs to be tackled at the organizational and even societal level, which I’ll get into later in the book.

Attention is driven by goals, and without a strong goal, like when you’re bored or doing rote activity, then your attention is like a reed in the wind.

Practice meta-awareness to learn to recognize if your attentional resources are low and if you need a break.

intentionality; forethought; self-regulation; and self-reflection and corrective behavior.

Since Neuroticism and the facet of Urgency in Impulsiveness are tied to more frequent attention-shifting, this suggests that there may be an underlying personality trait that we might call distractedness.

Rote activities, which are associated with feeling positive, and which are easy to do, might also help us build up our resources.

We can take action by finding our own break points to pause work, by harnessing

He explained that he did not have the discipline to keep away from the internet while at home, but as addicts do when they change their environment to remove the substance or any reminder of it, a plane enabled him to create a barrier to getting on the internet.

“For those who give with joy, that joy is their reward.”[7]