This is the Read to Lead podcast, episode 478.

You can think through ways in which social media is a very powerful force for enhancing what we really need, which is face-to-face social interaction.

It's when it starts to become the interaction itself that we get into trouble.

We live in a world that is always on, where everyone is always connected, but we feel increasingly

disconnected. Why? The answer lies in our brains. There is mounting evidence that overuse of smartphones and

social media is rewiring our brains. In fact, I talk about this toward the end of my book,

Read to Lead, and this is resulting in a losing deal. We're neglecting the relationships that

sustain us and keep us healthy in favor of weaker and more ephemeral ties.

Hi, I'm Jeff Brown. This is the Read to Lead Podcasts, the podcast that's dedicated to your

personal and professional growth. I believe if you want to achieve true success in business

and in life, then intentional and consistent reading is a must. Reading in particular is

taking a back seat to many of the things I just mentioned, in part because it's becoming more and more difficult for us to concentrate long enough to

read in the first place. That's just one of many topics we'll grapple with today, is I welcome

Dr. Carl Marcy to the show. He's written a book called ReWired, Protecting Your Brain in the Digital

Age. I'll ask Carl about the impact that modern media and technology multitasking has on our attention spans,

the consequences of spending time with an increasing number of virtual friends rather than

investing in real-world relationships, the impact on not just our mental health, but our

physical health of spending more time indoors,

what it means to choose Jomo over FOMO and lots more.

That reminds me that's one of many concepts we discuss in my note-making mastery course,

my online live cohort, which is coming back later this month for the first time since January.

We kick off cohort number five on June the 20th.

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