Starting with the basics About 1 minuteSkill: The 10-second arrival habitStart here
The phone-down arrival
You arrive somewhere unfamiliar. Before you disappear into your phone, what's worth noticing?
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The setup
You push through the door of a café you've never visited, phone already buzzing in your hand. The line is long, the seating spreads out behind you, and somewhere past the counter there's a hallway to the restrooms. Before your face disappears into the glow of unread messages, you give yourself ten seconds.
What changed?