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Why Inaction Is the Riskiest Choice

By: David Werdiger
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Aug 5
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When it comes to our tech and social media overconsumption addiction, the facts on the ground are changing too fast for us to get gold standard research on what to do about it. 

A “gold standard” study on the effect of social media takes years. 

A platform like TikTok can tweak its algorithm in an afternoon.

So, while we absolutely must continue the research, we can’t be paralyzed waiting for it. We have to try things that make sense for our families right now. 

Action over inaction.

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Productivity culture runs like a hamster wheel. It just keeps running, at the same pace, going nowhere.

Do you manage your time like a hamster wheel or do you put a training program in place and find time to rest?

There's a scene in "Mad Men" where Don Draper is asked what he thought about Hawaii, and instead of talking about beaches, he talks about becoming someone else. Not a version of himself with better tan lines and a Mai Tai. A different person. One who, for a few days, didn't miss

I recently took one of the best holidays of my life, and I never left the resort.

Turns out the destination is beside the point. What you're actually chasing is a change of pace, and if your holiday runs on the same schedule as your working week, you've just moved the treadmill

We have strategies for our careers, our finance, our help.

Pleased to announce a program to help answer an important question: “what’s your strategy for your time?”

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