23 TIPS AND 24 BOOKS TO A BETTER LIFE

I am a huge fan of Brian Solis. His thinking on social media and customer experience is second to none. He recently published “Lifescale: How to Live a More Creative, Productive, and Happy Life”. A book that has nothing to do with social media. It is nearly an antidote to social media addiction.

Zombie Apocalypse

We started consuming more than we were creating. We traded expression and imagination for scrolls and swipes. We were intoxicated by the blurring of life between physical and digital. A sort of Zombie Apocalypse has quietly crept up to our doorsteps. China now has designated cell phone lanes.

Cost

All of our toggling between apps, networks, email, and texts comes at a tremendous cost to the actual work we are meant to be doing. Ten years ago, the average person shifted attention every three minutes. Now, employees will last a whole 45 seconds before shifting their focus. What’s more, today’s average employee will check email 74 times a day and switch tasks on their computer 566 times per day. Each time we waste time by falling into rabbit holes of digital distraction, we’re paying an opportunity cost.

Race to the bottom of the stem cell

Ramsay Brown, the COO of start-up Dopamine Tech, admitted in an interview that his team uses artificial…