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Overloading attention shrinks mental control. Life immersed in digital distractions creates a near constant cognitive overload. And that overload wears out self-control.

Daniel Goleman

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Daniel Goleman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: March 7
Author
Journalist
Psychologist
Researcher
Writer
Chinatown
Stockton
Life
Digital
Overloading
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Overload
Near
Immersed
Mental
Distractions
Constant
Cognitive
Control
Shrinks
Attention
Wears
Self
Distraction

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