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Keep Your Phone Out of the Room
During focused work or learning blocks, physically separate yourself from your phone by leaving it in another room, turning it off or using airplane mode, and often disabling Wi‑Fi as well. The goal is to make distraction inconvenient enough that attention can settle into longer, uninterrupted stretches, which improves concentration, working memory, and overall output.
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“"I'd read this paper that was published recently that said that if your phone is upside down on a table or in your bag in the same room, it lowers cognitive performance, even if you're not aware of the phone. If it's in another room, it seems that your cognitive performance returns to its previously higher levels."”
huberman · How Dopamine & Serotonin Shape Decisions, Motivation & Learning | Dr. Read Montague · Feb 2, 2026 · 57:42 · open ↗
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