Keeping your phone on your desk seems harmless — but researchers find it distracts you even when it’s off

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• Your phone is probably hurting your ability to focus at work, according to new scientific research.
• In fact, people generally don’t realize how their phone is affecting their behavior.
• The best solution is to plan to keep your phone in another room at certain times.

I could start this article with a quip about how my phone is sitting right next to me as I’m writing about the dangers of having your phone sitting next to you at work. (#irony!) But that wouldn’t be especially interesting.

Now, if I started this article by saying that my phone was somewhere else — say, in my purse or in another room in the office — that would be truly horrifying.

See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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