Dave did some interesting math over at How to Save the World.
According to him and this New York Times article, at the rate we’re producing digital information, at least 99.93% of the digital information being produced by us and our machines will never be read or used by anybody.
How’s that for information overload?
I find myself with more books, magazines, internet articles, DVDs, songs and audio programs than I have time to digest.
Before we go further, this is a quality problem. It’s a show of abundance, and I’m happy for it. If you’re like me, the question seems to be how to manage it and maximize the benefits of the inputs, so I get the most for my investment of time and energy.
But there’s another solution; stop the input altogether.
Take a day or two to stop feeding yourself with new stuff, and reflect on what you’ve already learned. Look back at the last 3 months - have you been moving closer towards your goals? Map out new directions for yourself - has what’s important to you changed? And what do you want to become true now in your life?
Take time to slow down, to be grateful, and to be nobody but yourself.
March 20th, 2007 at 1:41 am
Punch the “Dissociate” button on your submodalities keyboard?
March 20th, 2007 at 1:45 am
Crap!
I got NLP mixed up with chemistry…
It’s supposed to be “Dis(a)ssociate”
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:48 pm
I agree… half of the time, people don’t read the notes that are given to them…
April 20th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Hmm information overload. I think it’s easy for anyone to fall into this trap when you go down the personal development route, I certainly do. Was expecting a bit of a meatier solution though!
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:50 pm
I used to be really having info overload and cannot focus on the task to get me on track.
thereafter I chanced upon music which has been scientifically tuned to enable a person to focus. I tried it and thereafter strangely I see myself more focus on what is important tasks to complete