Attention Deficit Crisis Solutions

Aug 15, 2018

I can run my business from wherever I want, and so a few years ago I moved my business to Santa Fe, New Mexico, for its amazing beauty and strong culture. And for its lower density of people. Where I had lived in California was just getting too busy with so many people that they were becoming numb to each other. Being a successful technology hub didn’t help draw people in Northern California closer. Rather, everyone was buried in their cell phone screens. This is true almost everywhere these days. 

Well, I succeeded in finding a low density place to live. And a place where screen time is less of a factor. In fact, there are many parts of New Mexico without cell or data access. That’s true even on major state roads just a few miles outside of Santa Fe (the capital city of New Mexico). On one of those roads with no cell service, a new restaurant just opened and the owners decided not to provide Wi-Fi to their customers. Their reason? They said they wanted their customers to talk to each other, not to get buried in their phone or computer screens. And the restaurant is now wildly successful, it’s become the social center of that region.

This is an example of proactive steps more and more people are taking to undo the technology-driven attention deficit crisis, which is becoming epidemic.

Here is a full article about that topic and the solutions that are being rolled out, It is an interesting article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/style/how-can-i-focus-better.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth&region=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below

Michael

 

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2 Responses to Attention Deficit Crisis Solutions

  1. CURT FOWLER says:

    Michael – I totally agree with your point on reducing screen time. Technology is allowing you and many others to make a living from anywhere, but can be destructive as well. I love a program that Chick-fil-a was running that gave out free desserts to diners who put their cell phones into a provided bucket for their entire meal! – https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-03-03/chick-fil-a-offers-free-food-to-customers-who-put-away-their-cell-phones

    Totally different topic. I am brand new to your system and working through your 1MTD list pdf book right now. I have on several other occasions tried to implement GTD and failed, so I am excited about the simplicity of your system.

    Question – I need to keep on my to do list tasks that I have assigned to others so I can follow up as needed. Is this possible using Outlook tasks? I am a long-term outlook user but have never used tasks because I thought it lacked this feature.

    Thank you for the great work you are doing!

    – Curt

    • Michael Linenberger says:

      Curt, thanks for your note! To answer your question, I recommend not using the task assignment features built into Outlook. Rather, we have a simple follow-up approach that we recommend in Outlook tasks, but it requires advancing beyond the 1MTD system and moving to the more advanced MYN system, because it uses start dates to do that tracking. You can learn more about the MYN system at this link. https://www.michaellinenberger.com/1MTDvsMYN.html And you can see a video about how important start dates are for things like that at this link, scroll down to free video 11b.
      Hope that info helps! Michael

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