We are the always-on society. On the phone, on the computer, on the
go. We do email like Pavlov's dogs; the new-mail bell dings, the
screen exerts its magnetic pull, and our mouths start watering (at
least mentally). We check our phones waiting in line, while talking
to others, even while driving. We spend hours in ineffective
meetings, re-deciding what we thought we'd decided in the previous
meeting. We scurry through the warrens of the Internet, chasing
after an elusive link (or the latest sports score) as if it were a
white rabbit with a pocket watch. We're trying to ride off in all
directions at once. It's neither fun nor efficient. It isn't
low-stress, either. It's also avoidable, or at least controllable.
What we need is an off switch. Actually, we need a collection of
off switches. Just as each room in the house has its own lights
with their own off switches, each of these threats to productivity
(and sanity) have off switches. This straightforward and highly
focused book defines those off switches. It describes how and when
to use them, and it does so in simple, readable terms that lead to
action and results. Author Steven B. Levy takes a new look at
attention, focus, efficiency, and effectiveness. He shows readers
how to escape the trap of the tense present, how to stop bouncing
from mini-task to mini-task. Reduce interruptions and
partial-attention tasks, and we reduce stress as we build
effectiveness as workers and as leaders. Levy's book shows us how
we can accomplish more with the same amount of effort. We need to
find the off switches in our workplaces and working lives, and flip
them. That's the process of discovering our work-work balance...
which is the first necessary step in achieving a long-term
work-life balance.
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