- Last week on vacation, I saw 4 people were sitting at a dinner table in a restaurant. 3 of them were playing with their iphones/smart phones for almost the entire time they sat there over the course of the meal.
- Michael Dell said that in 2020, we will be creating 35 times as much data as in 2010.
- Mark Hurd of Oracle said that more data will be created in the next 4 years than in the history of the planet
- Eric Schmitdt of Google says we create as much data now in two days as was created between the dawn of time and 2003.
- Studies indicate 2.8 hours per day are lost to non-important interruptions and recovery time required to get back on track.
- Every time I do a time management workshop (called Time Choices), Email quantity, 24/7 availability with email and interruptions by others are perceived as the major time eaters that need to be addressed.
- And then there are the studies that show the quality of what we pay attention to is changing: in 1970, 39% of the US TV news was global in nature, now it is 12%.
Where are we going with all this? Does all this data (and perhaps information) make us happier, more balanced and more successfull in our lives?
Thinking about this, makes me realise how careful I need to be:r (a) managing the input I receive; (b) managing the output I create for others..... Is another news letter really what is needed in this world ? (c) focus on this topic in the Time Choices workshop needs ramped up.
Thanks to the www.worklifebalance.com for bringing this up.
(TBT = Think before Tweeting)
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