If you're going to build something from nothing, you've got to know what really works.

I took a thousand dollar loan and built a five billion dollar business, and now I make smart investments in new businesses on Shark Tank. This is Barbara

Corcoran and you're listening to Business Unusual presented by On Deck Business Loans.

This week on Business Unusual I'm going to be answering all of the

great questions you guys keep sending me in on business life how to move forward

how to jump over obstacles come on I'm good at it and I want to share my advice. But first at

home or at work smartphones have become the big distraction. They drive me crazy. How about you?

Anywhere I look today, people are glued to their smartphone screens,

looking at emails, social media, and browsing.

I'm even contributing to the problem.

New Podcasts. They're sucking people in and they take the I'm even contributing to the problem, new podcast.

They're sucking people in and they take their attention away all this stuff.

Whatever else they may be wanting to do,

it's taking so much of their time like a thief in the night or in the day.

But time spent staring at your screen definitely takes away from the important things in life,

let's say your family, your business, whatever you want to focus on.

And one thing I can guarantee you that that kind of time spent is making you less

productive. I'm here to tell you how I got myself back on track in hopes that

there are a few tips there that might help you get better control of your phone

so that you're the boss versus your phone taking charge. Here are five

ways to take yourself to smartphone rehab as I call it and come out focusing on the things

that are important to really get done. Number one, I decided to chunk my day up to actually

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