Your body's clock, which has to stay consistent in order for your body (especially your brain) to function properly.
What is your Circadian Rhythm
A conversation where one or more of these 3 things are true:
- the stakes are high
- emotions run strong
- opinions vary
What is a Crucial Conversation?
Immersive Flow States, Emotional Triggers, Video Game Rankings, Intrusive Notifications, Intermittent Reinforcements, Loss Aversion, Social Pressure (FOMO), "Hot States", Progression and Mastery, Dopamine Driven Feedback Loops, Ludic Loops, Pull to Refresh and Infinite Scrolling are EXAMPLES OF:
What are tactics used by tech companies (invented by in-house psychologists!) to keep you locked in to their apps?
The amount of sleep teenagers consistently need each night in order to be healthy.
What is 8 to 10...and sometimes 11!
An example of an "I statement".
What is “I feel ________ when _________ happens.”
Instead of saying, "You're always so messy," you might say, "I feel overwhelmed when there’s clothes all over the floor."
The term used to describe screen time that does NOT involve researching, creating, or direct interaction.
What is passive screen time
A screen light that mimics the sun. Harvard Health studies recommend putting away all __________ ____________ at least 2 hours before bed.
What is Blue Light?
An example of Fact vs. Story.
Responses will vary...
Two major mental health conditions that have had over a 130% rise in teens since the invention of the smart phone.
What are anxiety and depression?
Different ways to prevent losing sleep over homework load are (name 3):
- working ahead on nights with minimal homework
- utilizing free blocks and weekends
- understanding and communicating early about the 2 major assignments rule
- asking for an extension IN PERSON more than 24 hours in advance
____________ is a normal physiological and psychological response to external stressors (e.g., work deadlines, exams, relationship conflicts), whereas ____________ is a persistent and excessive state of worry, fear, or apprehension that can significantly interfere with daily life. To practice learning the difference, we did an exercise called ____________ vs. _____________ (same answers as above).
What is stress vs. anxiety?
A term for continuously consuming content in an app without a natural endpoint.
What is infinite scrolling?
A disturbance in your sleep/wake cycle. A continued number of ____________ _____________ can cause headaches, fatigue, poor mental health, lower immune system, lower metabolic function.
Years of ____________ ____________ (same answer) lead to far more serious diseases.
What is "Circadian Disruption(s)," or what are "Circadian Disruptors?"
These are 2 of the 4 motives I need to clarify BEFORE I have a Crucial Conversation with someone.
Ask yourself:
✅What are my goals? (For the meeting and for the relationship.)
✅Will the person be better off when our interaction has ended?
✅Do I appreciate the value of this relationship?
✅What are my underlying motives? (Do I want to WIN or do I want to FIND A SOLUTION?)
The three characteristics of harmful screen time
What are:
- passive
- isolating
- interfering with essential activities like sleep, in-person interactions, learning, or exercise