Empowered Productivity: Winning the War Against Information Overload

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Maura Thomas424-22-MAURA

maura@regainyourtime.comTwitter: @mnthomas

Empowered ProductivityWinning the War Against Information Overload

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Support Sabotage

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Attention

InformationTechnology Behavior

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Information overload results from having a rapid rate

of growth in the amount of information available,

while days remain 24 hours long,

and our brains remain in roughly the same state

of development as they were when

cavemen communicated by scrawling messages in stone.

It’s A Different World...

“Overcoming Information Overload,” by Paul Krill, 1/7/2000

Info

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Info

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create, consume, learn and interact

we are surrounded by a...convergent media worldwhere all modes ofcommunication and information are...

with each other.

changing the way we

-Henry Jenkins, Convergence Culture

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Today,

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“Stresse

d Out” “Confused” “Overwhelmed”

“Draining”

“Dread”

“Chaotic”“Pressure”

Empowered Productivity =

ProactiveReactive

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"What is important is seldom urgent...

Dwight D. Eisenhower

...and what is urgent is seldom important."

Control Over Your Attention

FlowDistraction•Optimal learning•Amplified performance•Maximized achievement

•Chronic procrastination•Difficulty with follow-through

•Inability to focus•Impatience

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Importance

Urgency

“Shoulds”

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Eisenhower Matrix

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Importance

Urgency

“Shoulds”

“Crisis”

Eisenhower Matrix

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Importance

Urgency

“Shoulds”

“Reactive” “Crisis”

Eisenhower Matrix

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Importance

Urgency

“Shoulds” “Proactive”

“Reactive” “Crisis”

Eisenhower Matrix

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"A life of reaction is a life of slavery,

intellectually and spiritually.

author Rita Mae Brown

One must fight for a life of action,

not reaction."

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Empowered Productivity =

ProactiveReactive

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Importance

Urgency

“Shoulds” “Proactive”

“Reactive” “Crisis”

Eisenhower Matrix

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Vague (Project List Only):

Implement

Develop

Create

Plan

Organize

Specific (Next Actions List):

Call

Write

Email

Google

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Stressed

Out Confused

Overwhelmed

DrainingDread

ChaoticPressure

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Calm

On Top of Things

Free

In Control

Comfortable

Confident

Capable

How to Get Help

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