It’s no secret times are challenging. With everyone I talked with lately all are taking steps to look closer at their financials, reduce expenses. For me, I always lived with this paranoia of “circumstances happen”” and today, with the current economy crisis, it is truer than ever. So what am I doing? Besides working hard, I’m working even harder. More hours, more drive, more everything.
The one thing I don’t need more though, is information! Tell me one more story about Twitter/Facebook/Apple/Google/Microsoft and I’m sure to throw up. How much of it can one take? Twitter does this, Twitter does that. New iPhone app is out, did you check it out? Google to take over yet another industry, and Microsoft to buy Yahoo, once again.
How much can one read, how much can one observe, how much can one process? Yesterday I was out for four hours (unusual for me these days) and when I got home, I checked my news reader to find out a couple of hundreds articles screaming at me “read me!”. I didn’t. I looked up the “read” button and marked them all as “read” (so sue me!).
Forget the news, forget what others are doing. Move away from the trends, be original, be creative, don’t drink the same water everyone is drinking (one of the benefits of living here in South Florida vs. Silicon Valley). Twitter did not start because they were following the news, they did their own thing. Same goes for Facebook, Apple, Google, etc. What one to do? The answer is simple: DO!
Have a great morning,
Sahar
Solid advice, Sahar. Lately, when I have the nerve, I have been turning off my distractions one by one — Facebook is always the first to go dark. Then IM. Then, when I’m really strong, email. And sometimes, rarely, I confess, I turn off my computer’s wireless access. Poof. Dark ages. Just me and my computer and whatever project I need to focus on. (I know, sometimes you need the Internet, but you get the point). Okay, no offense Sahar, I’m pulling the plug now. Hard day ahead. — Paul
Sahar …
alot of what passes for news is really PR pretending to be news.
The news channels are mostly advertising vehicles.
Like its been said, ” Everybody Sells ”
Anthony
Of course if you are an ADD speedreader like I am, you welcome information overload :.)
There’s nothing like the ‘unfollow’ button.
well said Sahar!
It seems to me that another reason to read less news is that 99 times out of 100, the people reporting the news are just clueless. That’s one of the reasons they spread advertising around thinking it’s news. They really don’t know any better…
– Eric