| Have you ever felt as if too much was happening at | | | | we have to break them folks. Technology is a real |
| the same time in your business sphere and that you | | | | gift we all agree. It helps us save time, remove a |
| were very likely to miss the golden opportunity of a | | | | part of our work load from our shoulders and open |
| life? Well this isn’t surprising; what with everyone | | | | new windows to life(yes I like playing with words!). |
| thinking he is a guru and selling products and | | | | But information overload is not a problem against |
| packages they swear will work. You are left feeling | | | | technology, let’s be clear; it is a result of |
| lost, unsure and eventually missing really good offers | | | | technology. If you don't already have the basic skills |
| just because you didn’t notice them in the flow. | | | | to manage information, technology might contribute |
| So today I’m gonna help you deal with | | | | to your difficulties instead of helping you solve them. |
| information overload and understand where to start. | | | | So many IT executives think by giving employees |
| We're all getting more and more wired into | | | | the latest tools they will produce more. And if this |
| technological tools - tools we believe help improve | | | | isn’t the case they just buy even more |
| personal productivity. I believe that many people | | | | technology to solve what they believe to be the |
| suffering from information overload are allowing | | | | problem. Information overload is basically a human |
| technology to run them rather than the other way | | | | problem and therefore asks for a human solution. If |
| around. More technology isn't always the answer, no | | | | you are unable to do something yourself you will find |
| matter how well written or developed. We all craze | | | | it hard to create a software to get it to do it, right? |
| over new software, claiming this one is better than | | | | Technological solutions can only be as good as the |
| that other one without even trying it out, basing | | | | people using and developing it, If you are ineffective |
| ourselves only on their price, date of creation or | | | | to start with, no amount of technology will change |
| team behind it. So my idea is run free! Try the ones | | | | that. It will just mean you're inefficient with an |
| that appeal with you, buy the ones you fall for but | | | | expensive gadget. You have to work on your |
| don’t overdo it. Use only the necessary | | | | personal mental abilities to organize, choose your |
| software and do the maximum yourself: No I’m | | | | priorities and concentrate on what you need and |
| not encouraging you to be an IT retard. I’m | | | | leave the rest. So where do you start? Step 1: List |
| simply helping you remain free. Any good guru would | | | | your needs as well as difficulties. Step 2: Go through |
| tell you the same. We are all guilty of interrupting | | | | what’s available in your situation. You will |
| work to do insignificant things such a reply to a chat | | | | obviously not review everything that is on the |
| message where a buddy is sharing a link about the | | | | market so an easy starting point could be trusting |
| latest online game or a BBC feed. We are | | | | reviews of a recognized group. Step 3: Give in only if |
| downloading the latest software and a pop-up | | | | you really can see the coming benefits of this |
| window proposes you to read an article about the | | | | project. Step 4: Review outcome to know if you can |
| latest fashion or a new car and after you read it We | | | | trust that brand and those who recommended it. |
| get up from our desk, go the phone and from a | | | | Change the way you work. Time management and |
| work discussion it easily switch to a | | | | personal productivity is a behavioral process; no |
| have-you-watched-last-night’s-game discussion. | | | | software can teach you to better yourself. |
| Worst is that we often do not realize we are doing | | | | Technology is there to help you improve your own |
| these things. They are not natural but we see them | | | | efficiency; it's not there to become a substitute of |
| as such. This is called habits, namely bad habits and | | | | your skills or be better than you have ever been. |