I heard of this as a kid, something along the lines of 'when walking down a street make an effort to look forward, through people (and not at them)'. Same conc

I heard of this as a kid, something along the lines of 'when walking down a street make an effort to look forward, through people (and not at them)'. Same concept applies, and in my experience it seems to work. Though this was before the era of phones (and people not looking where they're going regardless)