Cal Newport Thinks the Cell Phone is an Evil Phantom

Never let the demon into your focus den.

Pick a room in the house where you do your deepest mental work, and then never bring your cell phone into that room.

Let me be clear: Don’t turn off the cell phone. Don’t turn off the ringer and dinger. Don’t put it outside the room when you’re preparing to concentrate.

Don’t ever let it cross the threshold of the door.

That’s Cal Newport’s approach.

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