Electronic Leash
I was traveling for most of May, partly for business and partly for pleasure, and the month flew by. I had decided that writing blog posts was not my highest priority; looking after individuals’ needs was as well as taking a break.
But I felt like a slacker for not posting, which of course is ridiculous. It’s just another example of how we let electronics keep us on a leash: checking our e-mails and bringing our blackberries and laptops on our trips.
Yes, if we don’t deal with them the e-mail volume gets ridiculous; and there may be a deal going down. But by being so available, we trained people to get us involved rather than deal with matters themselves. And taking an electro-break is absolutely essential to our wellbeing and future performance.
Did you know that our brain recharges best when we give it a change of pace? It wants us to do something different and checking messages on our blackberry while we’re on the beach spoils the whole thing. Sort of like looking at our watch when on a romantic date.
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