You’re sitting down either at a dinner or in a presentation with your boss and you feel a buzz in your pocket. You reach down to grab your phone to see what notification has popped up and realize there’s no notification. 

You just experienced a ghost buzz. We’re so used to our phones buzzing all the time that we’re actually now feeling buzzes when we’re not even getting a text. 

This is just one of the many ways you’re being hacked in the modern world. 

I’m not some conspiracy theorist who thinks there’s someone out to get us all – I think it’s just a side effect of the modern world. The sad thing is – if you continue to get distracted every hour of every day – you’ll fail to engage in meaningful work. And if you fail to hit your goals week, after week, you’ll end up with a life of regret – and I’m not joking. 

I’ve spent months in this vicious cycle. 

But luckily all you have to do is build a few systems around your work and time – it’s that easy. I’ve done this through tools like newsfeed eradicator, turning all notifications off on my phone except calls and texts, and even setting my phone to black and white to make it less addicting. 

Kary Oberbrunner wrote Unhackable to solve this problem (and just listening to his voice is so incredibly soothing). He’s also a USA today and WSJ bestselling author of over 7 books – one of which – Unhackable has been praised by the likes of Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan for giving you your life back.

It’s a powerful message I believe can help you have less regret at the end of your life.