Business: Self-knowledge for Success
Now that you have an understanding of Prime Business (performing at a consistently high level under the challenging conditions) from my Prime Business posts (if you missed them, read here), you can begin the process of achieving it. The first step involves gaining a better understanding of yourself in essential areas that impact your work. This […]
Read MoreTechnology: Off Line, On Life
The title of this post refers to an epiphany I had over the New Year’s weekend. The realization was about my relationship with technology, namely, I was exhibiting some of the symptoms of technology addiction. And I wasn’t the only one in my family with email and Internet issues. My wife, who doesn’t own a […]
Read MoreTechnology: Less Input and More “Innerput”
The Web, the Internet, and all of the new computer and communication technology that has sprung from them, have been a boon to the information age, making information available at our fingertips instantaneously. The sheer volume of information now accessible on line is staggering. As of a few weeks ago, there were more than 21 […]
Read MorePersonal Growth: New Year’s Resolutions: Why They Don’t Stick
Ah, a new year, a new chance to start fresh, another opportunity to make to New Year’s resolutions, and, sadly, another year of likely failed New Year’s resolutions. We want those resolutions to last, we ?really do, but we ?just can’t make them stick. Well, we’re not alone. Research has shown that, after six months, […]
Read MoreTechnology: Real-time Web, Unreal-time Life
Pete Cashmore, the founder and CEO of Mashable, the well-read social-media blog, suggested in a recent CNN column that real-time Web is one of the top 10 Web trends of 2010. Real-time Web means being able to send and receive information almost instantaneously. Mr. Cashmore (great business name, by the way) argues that real-time Web […]
Read MoreTechnology: On-line Communities: The Kindness of Strangers
For those of you who follow my Psychology of Technology blog posts (especially here and here), you know that I’m a bit cynical about how technology is impacting us, particularly when it comes to how we define relationships. My worries aren’t so great that I’m looking to wipe out our communications grid with an electromagnetic […]
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