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Tip: Ideas For Blackberry Users |
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Are you the Master OR the Slave of your Blackberry?
I've addressed this with
email in general and now it's time to also
address this issue with the Blackberry.
In preparation for a recent session on email, I
spoke with several people who felt obligated to
check their Blackberry all the time (hence the
surname "Crackberry") and wanted to know how to
better manage it. (I personally use a Blackberry and
understand its addictive qualities!)
My approach is pretty simple: look at the pro's
and con's of something and then make intelligent
conclusions. So here's my working pro and con list
for the Blackberry followed by my conclusions. What
do you think?!
Some Blackberry Pro's:
- Receive and send mail on the go
- Meant for managing exceptions
- Look and feel busy
- Keep current with emails coming in the
office
- Send and receive instant messages
- Track to-do's in the notes section
- Carry your contact database with you
- Great for responding quickly for those in
Customer Service and Sales
Some Blackberry Con's:
- Constant demand for attention 24/7 (like a
hungry baby in your pocket).
- Lines blurred between work and personal
life.
- Encourages compulsive surfing and checking.
- Viewed as rude when you allow it to
interrupt your conversation.
- Feel overwhelmed with emails you still need
to respond to when you return to the office.
- Multi-tasking mania which causes distraction
overload.
- Quick response may not be well-thought out
creating more emails.
- Former thinking and reading time now filled
with email.
- Use prevents time for day-dreaming and
creative thought.
- Keeps you from focusing on what really
matters.
My (Intelligent) Conclusions:
- Turn off the email notification (not
even vibrate) to become the master, not the
slave.
- Set boundaries - consider restricting
usage during meetings, at night, at the dinner
table, and especially in the bathroom!
- Make time for the human thought process
- allow yourself to read or think instead of
checking email.
- Practice focusing on one thing at a time
- consider taking up yoga, meditation, lap
swimming, running or other individual activity.
- Use common sense and know when it is
appropriate to use and more importantly, when
not.
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Looking for Affiliates |
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As many of you know, I recently developed an
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I am looking for new affiliates for this program.
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Hear Abby on Internet Radio
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Download and listen to Abby's two-part interview
focused on speed reading with Susan Friedmann on
Riches to Niches Radio. Click on interview Number 3
and 4 from 5/26/09.
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