Technology

March 08, 2008

Hit the refresh button on your life

251646898_48c8ebd3d6 I am constantly amazed at the amount of information, technology and general "noise" we allow into our modern lives. Mobile phones, PDA's, internet, email, Twitter, SMS, IMS, general media and more. All this is competing for our attention with work collegues, clients, meetings and everything else we try to accomplish during the day.

How do we ever get anything actually done?

My response is to log off and tune out. My best work and best thinking is one far from the daily noise of working life. Fewer interruptions = more clarity in my thinking. And for most entrepreneurs, thinking is where it is at.  

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June 02, 2007

Technology: Friend or Foe

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Anyone who was in business around 20 years ago would
remember a much simpler time. There wasn't a PC on every desk, mobile phones weren't a necessity, faxes were the hot new way of communicating. How did we survive? How did the wheels of commerce even turn?

Quite well apparently. People were more patient and less stressed and business was conducted effectively, if at a more sedate pace.

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