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Haunted by Notifications

By: David Werdiger
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Oct 2
1 min read

Ever reached for your phone because you felt a “buzz”… only to find nothing there?

That’s PVS: phantom vibration syndrome.

Doctors have actually named a condition tied to our phone use.

The benefits of technology are real, but so are the unintended consequences.

Here’s one simple practice:

Put your phone away for just one hour, once a week.

Switch it off. Sit with the silence.

Notice how it feels.

 

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A friend who observes the Sabbath said something to me recently that hasn't left my head:

"A day without the phone is better than a holiday with it."

No notifications. No scrolling. No half-presence while your mind is somewhere else. Just one day, fully here.

We spend so much

The biggest mistake in succession planning?

Assuming the baton can be handed off when the time comes.

Great transitions happen long before the handoff.

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