WHY YOU SHOULD TURN OFF YOUR SMARTPHONE RIGHT NOW Bayarmanlai ,

Junior year at Commerce and Management, HItotsubashi

Outline• Background for smartphone

usage and how does it affect you negatively?

• What is the downsides of turning off smartphone and how to deal with them

Aren’t you overobsessed

with your smartphone?

Background for smartphone usage

and how does it affect you negatively?

According to Forbes survey on 1000 people in 2013:

First Fact

People consume THREE times as much information they did in 1960

OUR BRAIN IS NOT READY FOR THAT!

We pay a lot for

information these

days

Second fact:

61% of people check

smartphone for notification

within an HOUR

WHY THE HELL YOU DON’T TEXT BACK IMMEDIATELY?

Background for smartphone usage and how does it affect you

negatively?

Second Fact:

81% of people admitted

interrupting

We interrupt conversations, meals, all kinds of fun things that we are doing.

Background for smartphone usage and how does it affect you

negatively?

Third Fact:

We Feel Worse After

CheckingBackground for smartphone usage and how does it affect you

negatively?

61% of people have felt DEPRESSED, SAD or ANNOYED checking SNS

HOW IN THE WORLD WE LIVE WITHOUT SMARTPHONES THESE

DAYS?

I DIDN’T SAY TURN

IT OFF FOREVER!

HOW TO DEAL WITH IT: LIMIT YOUR USAGE!!!

• Develop habits of not checking notis often. In case of emergency, there is always a call.

• Do the reading or checking emails in the morning an hour after waking up.

• Limit your screen time for a day to three hours. It will help you get efficient, happier and less stressful.

Downsides of turning off smartphone and how to

deal with it

DOWNSIDES

• Can‘t get in tune with friends

• Can’t get info immediately

• Hard to contact with teachers or officials

• http://www.forbes.com/sites/janbruce/2013/06/04/dial-down-your-devices-to-dial-down-stress/

• http://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/9-surprisingly-good-reasons-to-turn-off-your-smartphone.html

REFERENCES

TO HELL WITH SMARTPHONE!