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Dear Digital, We need to talk : A guilt-free guide to taming your tech habits and thriving in a distracted world

Dear Digital, We need to talk : A guilt-free guide to taming your tech habits and thriving in a distracted world

Author: Kristy Goodwin
Publisher: Major Street Publishing
Publication Date: 31 Jan 2023
ISBN-13: 9781922611543
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Description


Award-winning digital wellbeing and productivity expert Dr Kristy Goodwin provides brain-based strategies to help you thrive in the digital world without abstaining from social media or Netflix binges.

Suffering with toxic tech-habits? Zoom fatigue? Digital dementia? Burnout?

Many of us have adopted unhealthy and unsustainable digital habits that are not only putting a dent in our performance and productivity, they are also seriously impacting both our physical health and mental wellbeing.

But it's no longer realistic to simply throw away our laptops or cancel our Netflix subscriptions. Whether we love it or loathe it, technology is here to stay.

Dear Digital, We need to talk provides realistic, research-based ways to cultivate healthy and helpful digital habits that work with our brains and bodies, rather than against them.

It presents a menu of practical micro-habits designed to bolster your productivity and support your wellbeing in our always-on, digitally distracted world.

This book does not advocate for a #digitaldetox (in fact, it explores why detoxes don't work), nor does it propose that you digitally amputate yourself.

Instead, Dear Digital, We need to talk will help you take back control of your attention and use technology in ways that will support your performance and wellbeing, rather than stifle it.


Table of Contents


About the author
Introduction: Warning – your digital diagnosis
Chapter 1: Overload – digital burnout!
Chapter 2: Upgrade – time for a new brain-based operating system
PILLAR 1: ESTABLISH DIGITAL BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
Chapter 3: Pillar I, practice 1 – set your digital guardrails
Chapter 4: Pillar I, practice 2 – boost your focus and reduce technostress
Chapter 5: Pillar I, practice 3 – optimise your workspace
PILLAR II: ADOPT NEURO-PRODUCTIVITY PRINCIPLES
Chapter 6: Pillar II, practice 1 – work in digital dashes
Chapter 7: Pillar II, practice 2 – do deep work during peak-performance windows
Chapter 8: Pillar II, practice 3 – mono-task, don’ t multi-task
PILLAR III: DISABLE DIGITAL DISTRACTIONS
Chapter 9: Pillar III, practice 1 – manage your digital load
Chapter 10: Pillar III, practice 2 – create more friction
Chapter 11: Pillar III, practice 3 – minimise your tech-temptations
PILLAR IV: UNPLUG FOR REST AND RECOVERY
Chapter 12: Pillar IV, practice 1 – peak-performance pit stops
Chapter 13: Pillar IV, practice 2 – power-down rituals
Chapter 14: Pillar IV, practice 3 – enjoy mind-wandering mode
Conclusion: Your human operating system in action
Connect with me
Acknowledgements
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Review quote
'Finally, a pragmatic book that helps you take back control of those wayward tech habits and helps knowledge workers thrive in a world of digital distractions.'
Dominic Price Strategic Advisor, Digital Transformation, Deloitte Asia Pacific
'Dear Digital, We need to talk is a really practical guide to empowering yourself to use technology in a mindful and intentional way. It's full of science-backed tips you can put in place today to make technology work for you.'
Sophie Scott Work Futurist at Atlassian and TED speaker
'Kristy's work stands out as the perfect blend of art and science - solidly evidence-based and masterfully relatable. She patiently takes the reader through the "why" of our habits and behaviours before sharing how to adapt. Don't put this book on your holiday reading pile; read it now and start living a higher-resolution life.'
Katherine Milesi






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