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Unlimited Information, Unlimited Distraction - Interruption Management
Too much information violates our senses and even becomes harmful. As you receive more information, you experience stress, anxiety, and even helplessness. Your perception of breathing space is adversely and directly influenced by the more news, information and details that you ingest, or believe you have to ingest.
* In 1302, the Sorbonne Library in Paris housed 1,338 books, most handwritten, representing nearly all of humankind's accumulated knowledge spanning a few thousand years.
* In 2017, at least 730,000 books are published each year -- more than 2,000 a day.
In today's business environment we are being pulled in many directions at once! Recognize, with the clarity of death, that life is finite; you cannot wistfully ingest the daily deluge of information and communication and expect to achieve balance.
Don't passively yield to the din and settle for living your life in what's left over after each day's onslaught. Hereafter make sensible choices about what is best ignored and what merits your time and attention. Take charge of your immediate environment to reduce the number of interruptions that are under your control.Labels: anxiety, busyness, choice, information overload, stress, work
* In 1302, the Sorbonne Library in Paris housed 1,338 books, most handwritten, representing nearly all of humankind's accumulated knowledge spanning a few thousand years.
* In 2017, at least 730,000 books are published each year -- more than 2,000 a day.
In today's business environment we are being pulled in many directions at once! Recognize, with the clarity of death, that life is finite; you cannot wistfully ingest the daily deluge of information and communication and expect to achieve balance.
Don't passively yield to the din and settle for living your life in what's left over after each day's onslaught. Hereafter make sensible choices about what is best ignored and what merits your time and attention. Take charge of your immediate environment to reduce the number of interruptions that are under your control.
Labels: anxiety, busyness, choice, information overload, stress, work
posted by Jeff Davidson at 10:20 AM |
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