Tommy Short on What Happens When You Go 365 Days Without a Cell Phone
Tommy Short spent nearly two decades officiating Division I college basketball and international play -- and was attached to his phone every minute of it. After retirement, a question from his young daughter stopped him cold: "Daddy, why are you always on your phone?"
He didn't have a good answer. So on August 6th, 2023, he turned his phone off for a full year.
In this conversation, Tommy walks Eric through what he found: the phantom pocket-patching, the 68 extra days he reclaimed, and the deeper realization that he wasn't addicted to the device -- he was addicted to the identity he had…
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