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Vince Poscente:
Feeling like they're out of control, they feel like their technology is their taskmaster and they're feeling overwhelmed and they want to just get off, and they want to know the answer - and the answer is making different choices.

Vince Poscente, author of the book The Age of Speed…

You've got to stare in the mirror and say, "Wait a minute, am I making the right choices to have a quality of life that isn't putting me underwater - making me feel like I'm literally treading with my nose just above the surface?" So the great shake-out is really understanding if we are taking control of our lives or is all of this taking control of us?

When used right, technology can make you more efficient and buy you more time. But it's what you choose to do with that time that's important.

If we fill that extra time with busy work - it's not the technology's fault, it's our fault. You have to ask, "Where am I going to draw the line and be responsible for this precious thing called my time?"

In our desire to get more things done quicker, many of us multi-task…

Multi-tasking is something that actually slows us down because it decreases efficiency, decreases productivity and then you may have to go back and do it over again or do it better. So if somebody walks into your office or you get a phone call and you're doing an email at the same time, then take one and stop the other.

At somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.