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Modern Mentor

150 GID Why You Should Divorce Your Computer

Modern Mentor

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Careers, Business, Management

4.3720 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2010

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Learn to divorce your computer to limit your computer time to what's useful. Use your computer as a tool, and put it away when you're done with a task.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Stevea Robbins here.

0:04.2

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

0:10.3

This is the third podcast based on a chapter from my new book, Get It Done Guys, nine

0:14.3

steps to work less and do more.

0:16.3

People ask me, if I want to increase my productivity, what's the one thing I should do?

0:24.6

I say, step three in my new book, Conquer Technology.

0:27.9

Make no mistake. I just love technology.

0:30.6

No, I don't.

0:34.4

I hate technology, almost as much as I hate meetings.

0:38.2

Only, my iPod touch is so lovely.

0:41.0

Oh, I do love technology.

0:43.5

I don't. I do. I don't.

0:45.1

Oh, darn.

0:48.1

Using technologies like being married to Angelina Jolie.

0:52.0

It's amazing and awesome. You just hope you don't need stitches when all is said and done.

0:54.5

That's because technology is both a blessing and a curse. In the beginning, technology was useful, but it's been improved by

1:02.6

engineers like Melvin. Melvin likes toys. He wears a beanie with a propeller. He thinks it's

1:08.3

an ironic commentary on society's stereotype of nerds? It's not.

1:13.6

He adds bells and whistles to his products because they're neto. He adds a wide variety

1:18.4

of bells and whistles. But getting things done comes from focus, not from variety. You want

1:25.6

variety when you're figuring out what path to take to your goal.

1:28.8

Once you've chosen the path, however,

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