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 - [Unable to Disable Two-Factor Authentication on Garmin Account - Garmin Connect Web - Mobile Apps & Web](https://forums.garmin.com/apps-software/mobile-apps-web/f/garmin-connect-web/411517/unable-to-disable-two-factor-authentication-on-garmin-account/1958801)
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 		  <p><a href="https://forums.garmin.com/apps-software/mobile-apps-web/f/garmin-connect-web/411517/unable-to-disable-two-factor-authentication-on-garmin-account/1958801\#1958801">3945489 said:</a></p>
 		  <p>I hate Two-Factor Authentication.  Like who is going to steal my Garmin info.  Who in the *** cares.  Get over yourself.  Focus on making things easier to understand and use.</p>
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 		  <p>I also think that Garmin's implementation of two-factor authentication is awful, but to answer your (possibly rhetorical) question on who would steal your Garmin info: Your account probably shows through recorded activities your home location and when you are traveling etc. That info would be valuable for burglars...</p>
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 		  <p>You got to be kidding! That's the height of Paranoia. So where you live, burglars are rich enough to pay someone to scan the forum to find when you are home? Then they take that list and drive around checking these "tips"?  <br />I hope you are joking otherwise I feel sorry for you, wherever you live....Good Luck surviving.</p>
 		  </blockquote><p>Bro, <strong>in general</strong>, Garmin gives zero Fs about whether people will steal your location data by hacking into your Garmin account, especially given the fact that many people <strong>willingly</strong> share this data publicly via Garmin Connect and especially Strava. </p><p>No, what they do care about is whatever legal obligations they have to protect your <strong>health</strong> <strong>data</strong>, which is why 2FA is required <strong>to use ECG. </strong>They're not doing this as a gesture of pretending to care about the user, they are doing this because the government is forcing them to do so. They're probably doing <strong>more</strong> than is required, in order to cover their asses, which is why it's frustrating for users  [*]</p><p>As a matter of fact, if you create a burner Connect account and don't associate it with any Garmin devices, you'll find that you can turn 2FA on and off at will. I tried it a few months ago with no problems.</p><p>This tells me that the inability to disable 2FA is probably tied to having an ECG-<strong>capable </strong>device on your account</p><p>[*] For example:</p><p>- once you turn on 2FA, you can't turn it off, even if you don't use ECG. This is probably not legally required, but it's easier for Garmin to just force 2FA to stay on as long as you have an ECG-capable device on your account</p><p>- Garmin doesn't give you the option to delete any stored ECG data if you do use ECG but you really want to disable 2FA anyway. Again, I bet nobody forces them to do this, but this is just their way of being extra cautious (to protect <strong>Garmin</strong>, not to protect the users)</p><p>TL;DR Garmin is legally forced to protect your health (ECG) data and it's probably easier for Garmin to:</p><p>- enforce 2FA in order to use ECG (this is the part that's probably legally required)</p><p>- prevent users from disabling 2FA once enabled, if their device is ECG-capable (this is the part that's probably not required, but they're just doing this out of an abundance of caution)</p><p>I think the biggest issues here are:</p><p>- that they apparently don't tell you that 2FA is irreversible</p><p>- their implementation of 2FA is outdated and bad (but that's on brand for Garmin)</p><p>- 2FA breaks certain 3rd-party apps</p>
 - [I went to the Stranger Things finale in theaters and the strangest thing happened](https://www.theverge.com/streaming/853133/stranger-things-finale-theater-scene-report)
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1">A little background. Just about every mall is struggling now, but the Neshaminy Mall in Bensalem, Pennsylvania is more or less comatose. As <em>Defector</em>’s Dan McQuade, a lifelong Pennsylvanian and mall fan, wrote <a href="https://defector.com/a-mall-i-loved-is-going-pitch-black">in his fond remembrance of the shopping center</a>, the once bustling complex is mostly a shuttered ghost town, with half of it set to be demolished. There are only two real reasons to go there: a well-stocked Barnes &amp; Noble and the AMC movie theater.</p>
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1">And people do go there for the movie theater. It’s one of only three theaters in the Philly area with an IMAX screen, making it a destination for fans of prestige formats. I’m there often in my job as a critic, and I’m used to the IMAX auditorium being a full house. The parking lot outside of the theater at 8PM on New Year’s Eve, the night it’s showing <em>Stranger Things 5: The Finale</em>, however, was on another level. The concession line was overwhelming (tickets were free, but to reserve a spot guests bought a $20 concession voucher), and waits for snacks more involved than popcorn, soda, and candy were substantial. The energy was infectious. It was the most crowded I’ve seen a theater since <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23790471/barbenheimer-barbie-oppenheimer-summer-movies-2023">Barbenheimer</a>.</p>
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1">This was disconcerting. I knew, intellectually, that <em>Stranger Things</em> was a big deal. Netflix, notoriously opaque but quite ruthless in pruning shows that do not meet whatever metrics it does not share, has always treated the show like its <em>Avengers</em> or <em>Star Wars</em>. Regular PR blasts trumpet all manner of impressive stats, new episodes <a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/netflix-down-crashes-stranger-things-finale-1236621055/">cause the service to crash</a>, and the cast and iconography show up in ads and <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stranger-things-5-products-netflix-lego-creel-house-set-car-1236438549/">brand deals</a> that no other Netflix show gets. Season 4 put Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/23/23180083/stranger-things-kate-bush-running-up-that-hill">back on the charts</a>, one of many nostalgic hits the show has brought roaring back. Even in the dodgy world of streaming data, it’s clear <em>Stranger Things</em> has a big audience and remains a phenomenon even if later seasons are not the critical darlings <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/stranger-things-netflix">the first was</a>. It can be much harder to <em>feel</em> this.</p>
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1">There are many potential reasons: an increasingly fractured internet, the diffuse and curatorial nature of online fandom, Netflix’s conversation-killing binge-release strategy, and long gaps between seasons that snuffed out any sense of momentum. There’s also the show itself. Analyzing <em>Stranger Things</em> is not that difficult; the show has always more or less just meant what it said. There was no mystery it proposed that its characters wouldn’t solve, no reference that the show’s creators wouldn’t talk about (either themselves or through the show), and its narrative was almost entirely unconcerned with the world beyond Hawkins, Indiana. Even the Upside Down, the show’s other-dimensional realm of horrors, is so barren and empty that the final season declares its true nature to be a bridge and not a place, linking our world to the actual home of the show’s supernatural horrors. (And another surprisingly barren landscape.)</p>
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1">In practice, this makes <em>Stranger Things</em> a show that <em>feels</em> complex, but is quite easy to follow. Which also makes it the sort of thing all kinds of people would watch together. And maybe even drive out to a dead mall for on New Year’s Eve.</p>
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1">I saw entire families, many in pajamas. Friends young and old. Lots of couples. There were Hellfire Club T-shirts, Demogorgon crowns and popcorn buckets (purchased in advance, from Target). Everyone was taking group selfies, posting photos or Instagram Reels of how crowded the concession area was. It’s New Year’s Eve, and everyone is having a ball.</p>
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1">Behind me in the concession line I met a woman named Gia who came with her daughters. They had been watching together since the first season in 2016 and love that the show’s exciting, “with lots of things happening.” They told me that they were nervous for the finale, “scared that people will die.”</p>
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1">There was a lot of that sort of talk. I overheard someone saying they thought Dustin was going to die, despite Steve’s efforts to save him. In the bathroom just before showtime, a teenager lamented how long his little brother was taking to wash his hands. “I swear to god,” he said. “If I miss a single fucking minute of this I’ll kill myself.”</p>
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1">I met one couple, Adam and Tiffany, who drove an hour to be there. Recently engaged and in their late 20s and early 30s, they began watching <em>Stranger Things</em> individually, as teenagers, before they started watching together. (He said this was season 3; she said it’s 4.)</p>
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1">“I like the nostalgia it brings to me, even though I didn’t grow up in the ’80s,” Adam said. He grew up watching <em>E.T.</em> and <em>The Goonies</em>, so he feels an affinity for the era in spite of his youth. He also loved the government conspiracy elements. “The first season it was really prevalent, with the MK Ultra stuff that it depicted. People didn’t know about it and it was a great way to expose people to it. I really enjoy that attitude the first season had and it kind of continues, especially in the latest season — the government does not always have your best interest in mind.”</p>
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1">Tiffany, for her part, feels like “we really have grown to know and love all of the characters, you know? I’m not ready to cry tonight.”</p>
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1">I must confess that I was continually surprised by all of this. I’ve grown accustomed to the asynchronous way most modern entertainment is enjoyed and discussed — often apologetically, as everyone triangulates how much of which shows they’ve seen and can talk about. Sports are among the only reliably communal experiences we get in front of our screens. Television as the characters on <em>Stranger Things</em> experienced it was communal, in shared living spaces where the screen fought for attention with the world around it. Television as <em>Stranger Things</em> fans have experienced it is virtually private, watched on a phone or laptop or TV at your convenience.</p>
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1">It’s the secret weapon of the show, the way it’s not just about the four <em>D&amp;D</em>-playing kids getting older, but their older siblings on the cusp of adulthood or their parents who sank into bad patterns and had to do some growing of their own. In this last season, the show leaned into its age, introducing younger siblings who are about to face things the core four did; caring for them is their final step to maturity.</p>
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1"><em>Stranger Things</em>’ relentless focus on nostalgia can make it easy to forget the present it aired in, and what it must have been like to grow up in that time. If you were a child watching it, you were a child watching when Donald Trump was elected the first time, when covid-19 took the world out from under you, when social media let our worst horrors beat a path right to your pocket. Your very own personal Upside Down.</p>
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 		  <p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1">“Life has been so unfair to you, so cruel,” Jim Hopper (David Harbour) tells his surrogate daughter early on in the finale, when Eleven is committed to dying in her fight against Vecna because she believes she doesn’t belong in the world anymore. He tells her to fight to imagine a life beyond the horror. “I know you don’t believe you can have any of this. But I promise you, we will find a way to make it real. You will find a way to make it real, because you have to. Because you deserve it.”</p>
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 - [Busy is the New Stupid](https://www.cisotradecraft.com/bitns)
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 		- <div class="mb-8"><p class="text-sm text-gray-700 text-center max-w-3xl mx-auto">A tactical framework examining how busyness compromises cognitive function, strategic thinking, and effectiveness. Click on any tactic to view specific attack techniques.</p></div>
 		  <div id="initial-access" class="tactic-details hidden bg-white border-2 border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-6 shadow-lg mb-8"><h3 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-900">Initial Access Techniques</h3><div class="space-y-4 mb-6"><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T1001<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Meeting Overload</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Calendar filled with back-to-back meetings with no preparation time</p></div></div><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T1002<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Email Bombardment</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Overwhelming inbox creating constant interruption cycles</p></div></div><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T1003<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Urgency Injection</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Everything marked as urgent/high priority, eliminating discernment</p></div></div></div><div class="bg-blue-50 border-2 border-blue-300 rounded-lg p-4"><h4 class="text-lg font-bold mb-3 flex items-center gap-2 text-gray-900">Defense &amp; Mitigation Strategies</h4><div class="space-y-3 text-sm"><div class="bg-white border border-blue-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Calendar Auditing</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Review all recurring meetings quarterly - require justification for continuation</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-blue-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Meeting-Free Blocks</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Designate specific days or half-days as no-meeting zones for deep work</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-blue-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Email Triage System</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Implement filters and scheduled checking times instead of constant monitoring</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-blue-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Priority Classification Training</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Establish clear criteria for urgency levels and enforce consistent usage</p></div></div></div></div>
 		  <div id="execution" class="tactic-details hidden bg-white border-2 border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-6 shadow-lg mb-8"><h3 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-900">Execution Techniques</h3><div class="space-y-4 mb-6"><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T2001<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Multitasking Deployment</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Attempting multiple tasks simultaneously, reducing effectiveness</p></div></div><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T2002<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Context Switching</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Rapid switching between unrelated tasks destroying deep work</p></div></div><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T2003<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Reactive Mode</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Operating in constant firefighting mode vs. proactive planning</p></div></div></div><div class="bg-orange-50 border-2 border-orange-300 rounded-lg p-4"><h4 class="text-lg font-bold mb-3 flex items-center gap-2 text-gray-900">Defense &amp; Mitigation Strategies</h4><div class="space-y-3 text-sm"><div class="bg-white border border-orange-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Single-Tasking Protocol</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Work on one task at a time with all other apps and tabs closed</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-orange-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Task Batching</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Group similar tasks together to minimize context switching costs</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-orange-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Pomodoro Technique</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Use 25-minute focused work sessions with 5-minute breaks</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-orange-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Proactive Planning Time</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Dedicate first hour of day to planning rather than reacting to demands</p></div></div></div></div>
 		  <div id="persistence" class="tactic-details hidden bg-white border-2 border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-6 shadow-lg mb-8"><h3 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-900">Persistence Techniques</h3><div class="space-y-4 mb-6"><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T3001<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Always-On Culture</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Expectation of 24/7 availability and instant responses</p></div></div><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T3002<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Productivity Theater</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Performative busyness valued over actual results</p></div></div><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T3003<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">FOMO Reinforcement</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Fear of missing out keeps engagement with non-essential activities</p></div></div></div><div class="bg-amber-50 border-2 border-amber-300 rounded-lg p-4"><h4 class="text-lg font-bold mb-3 flex items-center gap-2 text-gray-900">Defense &amp; Mitigation Strategies</h4><div class="space-y-3 text-sm"><div class="bg-white border border-amber-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Digital Sunset</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Strict cutoff time for all work devices (e.g., 7 PM) to force psychological detachment</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-amber-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Outcome-Based Metrics</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Shift focus from "hours online" to "results delivered" to combat theater</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-amber-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">JOMO Practice</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Embrace the "Joy of Missing Out" by intentionally ignoring non-critical threads</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-amber-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Availability SLAs</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Publish expected response times (e.g., "I reply within 24 hours") to set expectations</p></div></div></div></div>
 		  <div id="defense-evasion" class="tactic-details hidden bg-white border-2 border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-6 shadow-lg mb-8"><h3 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-900">Defense Evasion Techniques</h3><div class="space-y-4 mb-6"><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T4001<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Boundary Erosion</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Gradual elimination of work-life boundaries</p></div></div><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T4002<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Priority Confusion</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Important vs urgent distinction becomes impossible to maintain</p></div></div><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T4003<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Delegation Avoidance</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Belief that you must do everything yourself</p></div></div></div><div class="bg-emerald-50 border-2 border-emerald-300 rounded-lg p-4"><h4 class="text-lg font-bold mb-3 flex items-center gap-2 text-gray-900">Defense &amp; Mitigation Strategies</h4><div class="space-y-3 text-sm"><div class="bg-white border border-emerald-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Transition Ceremonies</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Create rituals that mark the end of work (closing laptop, changing clothes, walk)</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-emerald-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">MIT (Most Important Things) Method</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Identify 1-3 must-do tasks daily and complete them before anything else</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-emerald-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">80/20 Task Analysis</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Regularly identify which 20% of activities produce 80% of results and focus there</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-emerald-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Team Capacity Building</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Invest time upfront in training and empowering others to reduce long-term dependencies</p></div></div></div></div>
 		  <div id="impact" class="tactic-details hidden bg-white border-2 border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-6 shadow-lg mb-8"><h3 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-900">Impact Techniques</h3><div class="space-y-4 mb-6"><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T5001<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Strategic Blindness</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Unable to see big picture or long-term goals</p></div></div><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T5002<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Decision Quality Degradation</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Rushed decisions based on incomplete information</p></div></div><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T5003<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Creative Capacity Destruction</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">No mental space for innovation or deep thinking</p></div></div><div class="bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg p-4 flex items-start gap-3">T5004<div class="flex-1"><h4 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Relationship Erosion</h4><p class="text-sm text-gray-700">Superficial interactions replace meaningful connections</p></div></div></div><div class="bg-purple-50 border-2 border-purple-300 rounded-lg p-4"><h4 class="text-lg font-bold mb-3 flex items-center gap-2 text-gray-900">Defense &amp; Mitigation Strategies</h4><div class="space-y-3 text-sm"><div class="bg-white border border-purple-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Vision Boarding Sessions</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Monthly half-day retreats to reconnect with long-term vision and adjust course</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-purple-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Pre-Commitment Strategy</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Sleep on major decisions and consult trusted advisors before committing</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-purple-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Boredom Cultivation</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Deliberately schedule unstructured time for mind-wandering and creative breakthroughs</p></div><div class="bg-white border border-purple-200 rounded p-3"><h5 class="font-bold mb-1 text-gray-900">Connection Rituals</h5><p class="text-gray-700">Establish non-negotiable quality time with important people without devices or distractions</p></div></div></div></div>
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