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The Right App Can Fix Your Psychological Flaws

Digital tools can address your professional shortcomings, either by compensating for deficits or by actually retraining your brain

A woman sits on the floor leaning against a couch, and uses her laptop.
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This piece is part of a week-long series on how to battle distraction, co-edited by Nir Eyal, the author of the new

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Alexandra Samuel

Alexandra Samuel

Author, Remote Inc: How To Thrive at Work…Wherever You Are. Tech speaker. Writer & data journalist for Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review & more.

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