💡 Skills & Mindset #16: Cell Phones (Simon Sinek)

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What do you think? Does the continual instant gratification provided by the Internet and social media cause people to be impatient with life's important but slow, boring, unpleasant, and challenging tasks?

🧠 Experiences that cause distracting stress, including social media, can trigger a psychological response in your brain called amygdala hijacking. Chemicals are released that can make it difficult or impossible to focus deeply on anything and temporarily reduce your ability to do cognitive tasks.

Have you ever been unable to focus on an important task because something you recently read, saw, or overheard was stressing you out? Possibly a post, comment, like, dislike, etc.

How can those types of experiences be avoided during class or other important activities?

What are some benefits of spending time socializing face-to-face without personal devices?

You may consider deep, meaningful relationships versus shallow "friendships" and low-density fun. Valuable life skills may be noteworthy as well.

Would you prefer to sit with a group of friends for 30 minutes with everyone on their phones or with that same group talking to one another without a phone in sight? Why do you think that is?

🚫 Do you think that banning cell phones in schools would result in less amygdala hijacking and improved focus? Explain.

🚫 Do you think that banning cell phones in schools would result in stronger friendships? Explain.

🚫 Do you think that banning cell phones in schools would result in improved face-to-face communication skills? Explain.

🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

Below are several interesting and valuable videos regarding cell phones. 

I encourage you to check them out. They may have a positive impact on your success and life in general, but they are not required. 

On a similar note, I recommend watching the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma. It takes a deep and entertaining dive into the purpose, design, and psychology of social media design.

💡 Skills & Mindset #16: Cell Phones (Simon Sinek)

What do you think? Does the continual instant gratification provided by the Internet and social media cause people to be impatient with life's important but slow, boring, unpleasant, and challenging tasks?

Have you ever been unable to focus on an important task because something you recently read, saw, or overheard was stressing you out? Possibly a post, comment, like, dislike, etc.

How can those types of experiences be avoided during class or other important activities?

What are some benefits of spending time socializing face-to-face without personal devices? You may consider deep, meaningful relationships versus shallow "friendships" and low-density fun. Valuable life skills may be noteworthy as well.

Would you prefer to sit with a group of friends for 30 minutes with everyone on their phones or with that same group talking to one another without a phone in sight? Why do you think that is?

🚫 Do you think that banning cell phones in schools would result in less amygdala hijacking and improved focus? Explain.

🚫 Do you think that banning cell phones in schools would result in stronger friendships? Explain.

🚫 Do you think that banning cell phones in schools would result in improved face-to-face communication skills? Explain.

🧠 Retrieval Practice:Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

What are some benefits of spending time socializing face-to-face without personal devices?

You may consider deep, meaningful relationships versus shallow "friendships" and low-density fun. Valuable life skills may be noteworthy as well.

🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?