@steven: One phone setting could give you an hour of your day back. During this conversation, we discussed an experiment where simply changing phone screens to greyscale led people to spend an hour less on their phones each day. This is Dr Sahar Yousef, a cognitive neuroscientist at UC Berkeley who's spent over 15 years studying how to improve focus, memory and productivity. Sahar's work explores how modern habits often go against the way our brains naturally function and how small changes could help us concentrate better. With distractions, brain fog and burnout becoming common struggles, this conversation explores what's happening to our attention and what we can do about it. We discussed things like: - Why research suggests we spend just 47 seconds focused on one work screen. - The phone setting that could save you 7 hours a week. - Why Sahar believes multitasking makes us less productive. - How to work with your brain's natural energy levels. - Her concerns about AI weakening our ability to think independently. - Simple changes she recommends to help prevent burnout. At one point, Sahar demonstrated a multitasking exercise that showed a 60% slowdown when switching between tasks. She explains how constantly jumping between emails, meetings and notifications affects our focus, and why uninterrupted work matters. For anyone who feels constantly busy but struggles to get their most important work done, this episode explores how understanding the brain could help us work more effectively. Out now on all platforms ❤️👊🏾 #diaryofaceo #podcast #advice #interview #iphone

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