This is Steva Robbins.

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

I was in the restaurant the other day, and I saw the most wonderful family, a mother and two children.

Watching them almost brought tears to my eyes.

The mother was smiling and laughing, nodding, and making all kinds of giggly fun sounds.

Oh, it was adorable.

Eventually, of course, Mommy closed Facebook and started paying attention to the kids.

But by that time, they had already internalized that Mommy loved her smartphone more than them.

Once upon a time, that would have meant that they would spend thousands of dollars of therapy in their

20s to overcome their resentment and develop the ability to relate to another human being.

But given current trends, they'll be living at home in their 20s, so Mommy will have to spend all

that money on their therapy, so ha ha, the joke's on her.

And on us, too, because she's not the only one who's addicted to her device.

We are, too. When you're addicted, you can't stop doing something. You're drawn to your addiction

to cope. You use it to distract you from your thoughts. You use it to fill your free time. It

controls your psyche. It's the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning

before you roll over and scratch your shmoopee behind the ears. When you're with your friends,

laughing and smiling, you secretly have the urge to run to the bathroom, duck into a stall,

and check your timeline, your Instagram, and your instant messages. Yes, that's addiction.

Why? Because technology is made to addict you. Oh, you know, in times

long past, technology was created to help you solve problems or to be more productive. However,

in some of the business to business markets, it is still being used to solve problems. In times

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