Susan Maushart Quotes

• Respondents had been so overwhelmed by their in-box they'd declared "e-mail bankruptcy.

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  Mail   Overwhelmed   Boxes  

  Susan Maushart (2011). “The Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone)Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale”, p.79, Penguin

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• ...boredom is all about perception. It's a self-diagnosis, plain and simple. If you don't realize you're bored, you're not.

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  Simple   Self   Bored  

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• Cities have personalities, just as people do, and that finding the right place to live is akin to finding the right partner to live with.

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  Cities   People   Personality  

  Susan Maushart (2011). “The Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone)Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale”, p.180, Penguin

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• We must acknowledge that bearing and raising children is not some pesky, peripheral activity that we engage in, but the whole point.

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  Children   Acknowledge   Whole  

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• Motivation begins with discomfort- with needs that are unfulfilled.

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  Motivation   Needs   Discomfort  

  Susan Maushart (2011). “The Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone)Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale”, p.51, Penguin

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• Maturity is largely about acquiring the confidence and the competence to make your own decisions.

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  Maturity   Decision   Competence  

  Susan Maushart (2011). “The Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone)Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale”, p.23, Penguin

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