Tom Rath

And you do need to acknowledge it in that moment if you've even disarmed a situation because you took something that could have been horrible for a person and experience where they'd never come in the store again and you got them out of that rut and that mode.

And that does count.

And if you're a teacher in a classroom dealing with a kid who's really struggling to learn something and you get them to neutral, those can be big victories in a day.

So that's a really good point.

That is the number of people who take the stairs when there is also an escalator available.

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One thing I've really learned in doing a deep dive on this and trying things out on my own is that

Our phones are very useful and powerful and helpful devices when we're using the devices instead of letting the devices use us and run our lives.

So a part of it's kind of just asserting some control to say, if I need to change my thermostat or lock my doors or download a book on Audible or read a really good article in The New Yorker or whatever,

My phone can be a great learning tool and a resource to get things done faster and to save time and all those things.

If I use it in the right ways, instead of just using it primarily as a mindless consumption device where I'm always just consuming and letting the next show play on Netflix and going through social media feeds and the like.

And I think more and more people are realizing how

Those things are easier to do during the day.

So we have to push back a little bit and create some friction and create some resistance and say, I'm going to take control of this so that I'm actually creating things.

And it can be creating conversations and relationships with people using your device or doing it in person.

Or it can be creating a work of art, music, a new business.

Entrepreneurially, it can be creating something in writing.