# Professor Adam Alter shares tips to combat email addiction, from his book, "Irresistible"

1 Faculty News November 26, 2018 ![Fast Company logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_026723.jpg?itok=PGORMP3v)>

Excerpt from [Fast Company](https://www.fastcompany.com/90264257/3-smart-ways-to-stop-email-from-taking-over-your-life)-- “'Seventy-five percent of Americans can reach their phones without moving their feet 24 hours a day,' says Adam Alter, author of Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked. 'It’s easier to resist the charms of your inbox if it’s not within reach.'"

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