1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: Welcome to How I Work, a show about the tactics 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: used by leading innovators to get so much out of 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: their day. I'm your host, doctor Amantha Imba. I'm an 4 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: organizational psychologist, the CEO of Inventium, and I'm obsessed with 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: finding ways to optimize my workday. Today's show is another 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: mini episode where I share some interesting research about how 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: you might be able to improve the way you work. So, 8 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: how would you feel if the genie from Aladdin came 9 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 1: to visit you and said he could grant you one wish? 10 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 1: While an unlimited supply of cash or aureos are off 11 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: the table, the wish that could be granted is adding 12 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: one extra month onto your year, and not just this here, 13 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: but every year left in your life. Imagine what you 14 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: could achieve. You could spend an extra month with your 15 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: family and friends. You could secure that promotion through fitting 16 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: in four x weeks of work compared to all your 17 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: time challenge teammates. Or you could binge watch thirty seasons 18 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: worth of shows on Netflix. Time is the thing that 19 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: we all want more of, but we're seemingly stuck with 20 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: what the world has given to us. Well, feel free 21 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: to call me your genie as I'm about to grant 22 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: you this wish, but there's just one little catch. You 23 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: need to tame your addiction to your smartphone because if 24 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: you are like the average smartphone user, you're using your 25 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: phone for about four hours per day according to several studies, 26 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: and while smartphone use can be helpful in not getting 27 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: lost and answering phone calls, a lot of other uses 28 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: are pretty much time wasters. For example, research collected by 29 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: Media Kicks suggests that around half of that time that 30 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: we're on our phone, so nearly two hours, is spent 31 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: on the top five social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, 32 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: and YouTube, and over the course of the year, this 33 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: translates to thirty full days, that is, one whole month 34 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: spent watching, reading, and clicking on things that are probably 35 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: not significantly improving your life, and in fact, it might 36 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: be having the opposite effect. One particular review of studies 37 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: published about phone addiction suggests that heavy smartphone usage is 38 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: associated with a ton of unfortunate things, from lower self 39 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: image and self esteem to neuroticism, not to mention higher 40 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: levels of anxiety and stress, and poor sleep. Now, this 41 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: thirty day figure assumes that you're also checking social media 42 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: through the night. Hopefully things haven't got that bad. So really, 43 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: if you sleep an average of eight hours per day, 44 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: you're actually using your mobile phone to check social media 45 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: for forty five days every year. And as your pseudo genie, 46 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: may I suggest that you kick that habit, or at 47 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: least reduce it by forty minutes per day and bingo, 48 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: your wish of one extra month per year will be granted. Hey, 49 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: there that's it for today's episode. If you liked it, 50 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: there are plenty of others that you might also enjoy, 51 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: such as my chat with Matt Mullenweg, co founder of WordPress, 52 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: where we talk about how he organizes his phone to 53 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: create healthy habits, and my conversation with Adam Grant where 54 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:31,959 Speaker 1: we talk about the two things he does at the 55 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: start of every week to make sure he stays on 56 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: track with what really matters. Finally, it's great getting feedback 57 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: from listeners such as yourself, so feel free to give 58 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: this podcast a review in iTunes or wherever you listen 59 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: to your podcasts. 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