Practice not answering the phone when it rings. Don’t worry: they’ve invented answering machines and voice mail by this time of history! You won’t miss an urgent call. You can call them back in thirty seconds!
What is the purpose of this? This activity will help you to have greater self-control over automatic behaviors and not feel like you have to jump every time someone says “boo”.
Break the tyranny of the urgent. One of the most tyrannical things in our world is the ringing of the phone. Rarely is it urgent.
The next time you go to the grocery store or other public place where you can easily overhear what people are saying on their cell phones, listen to how inconsequential their conversations are. The last time I did this, I listened to a man walking up and down an aisle talking to somebody about making a can of soup!
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