Connection
According to the Cisco Connected World Report 2014, most professionals use two to three personal devices in their daily lives.
Not only has technology allowed us to connect across the globe instantly, we are now connected almost constantly.
We live in an information age of constant communication. This allows us to learn more, and more rapidly, about people, cultures, and countries we otherwise might never have heard of.
Yet with all this readily available information at our fingertips, are we learning more?
One look at your Facebook feed when a global news story hits and you will see that more often than not it’s not a sharing of information, or a reporting of events, or even a distribution of relevant facts that show up the most. People don’t seem to want to learn as much as they want to shout.
Is our instant connection a method of faster and broader learning or simply various stages from which to scream our view or position louder and with greater reach than we’ve ever had before?
I would argue that the answer is …. Both. And Neither.
It’s really a matter of choice.
The technology doesn’t DO anything for us any more than money. They are simply tools. How we choose to use them is up to us.
We can use it to simply voice our opinion to whomever will listen (read), or we can use this information age and connected world we live in to become more aware, to expand our horizons and thinking, to learn.
Either way will allow for connection. Either way, the choice is yours.
Christy Belz, MSW is the author of “Oh God of Second Chances, Here I am again.“
Christy is an empowerment coach and entrepreneur who is passionate about guiding people to live their best, most authentic selves personally, professionally and developmentally.
Named one of Colorado’s Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2020, she is also a TEDx Speaker and a co-curator of TEDxCherryCreek, through which she encourages women to share their voice. Founder of the transformational UPROOT course, she can often be found reading the latest book in the personal growth and leadership genres or walking her dog in nature while keeping an eye out for heart-shaped leaves.
Christy lives in Denver with her husband and son.
Life Happens. We make mistakes or maybe aren’t our best selves. Sometimes the universe slams us with cosmic two-by-fours as a wake-up call to what we are (or aren’t) doing. The question is not whether you will be knocked down by life. The question is how do you get back up again?
Oh God of Second Chances, Here I Am Again is a book about what it takes to get back up again.
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