Communication overwhelm; Stuck in social; Multitasking
Milk, No Sugar #279
💡Think
Have you ever heard about the glass and rubber ball metaphor?
As we juggle work, relationships, family, friendships, and everything else right now, we will ultimately sacrifice the quality of one or more of these things as we commit to more than we can handle.
The trick is to working out which one of these commitments is rubber, bouncing back when they fall, and which ones are glass, destined to smash.
What’s your rubber, and what’s your glass?
📷 Look
📖 Read
❶ Did You Get My Slack/Email/Text?
Even the headline of this one hits hard. We have so many methods of communicating with one another now, that it’s impossible to track firstly where to start and secondly where we mentioned that specific action we’re now desperately searching for across 3 or 4 platforms.
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❷ We’re all stuck inside social media
I may be wrong, but I’m quite sure we all have a love-hate relationship with social media. It brings out the worst in people, but can provide us the entertainment we need to get through the day. We’re stuck, and no one knows how to get out or fix it. The platforms themselves are stuck. Without us, they would’nt survive, but with us they are struggling to maintain a democratically balanced discussion. What a pickle.
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❸ Everyone is multitasking in video meetings
Come on, admit it, you’re doing other stuff during your meetings at the moment aren’t you; we all are. There is a sweet spot of anti-distraction though, and that’s seemingly the sub 20 minute meeting. This is something I can get behind. This article discusses the findings of a large Microsoft study to work out what we’re all up to in this remote world.
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Bonus round
A nice gallery of Syrian art
Apple made a high profile firing this week. This is a good article about it
🎧 Listen
Barack Obama – When the movement chooses you
This is part one of an multi-episode interview with Obama, where he’s discussing the importance of culture and teamwork in the run up to his presidential campaign. In fact, he references his entire political career and how his values alongside a lot of lucky breaks landed him a clear run at the biggest job on the planet.
Listen to this podcast (37 minutes)
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Have a great week,
Luis Ouriach
@disco_lu