Ian Bremmer
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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In 12 years, 13 years of talking, it has never happened, once.
So that tells you it is doable.
And these are grad students for Christ's sake, right?
I mean, all they have is time to argue.
Oh, yeah.
All the time.
I turn my phone off when I'm in meetings.
I turn my phone off when I'm at meals.
I turn my phone off at night.
My focus, I have three speeds, fast, faster and sleep.
And all three are important.
But those speeds are true intellectually.
They're true emotionally.
They're true physically.
And if I have my phone on during a meeting or during a social meal or in the middle of playing tennis and then check it in the middle of a tennis set, I'm completely distracted because I'll then be all in on that.
So I just shut it off, just shut it off.
But when I have it on, I'm focused on it.
So, and if I have it on and you're talking to me, I'm not paying attention to you.
So for me, it's very much feast or famine when it comes to the phone.
I certainly spend more time on it than I would like,