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Book SynopsisAre you ruled by your computer or your mobile? This is what you can do about it.
Table of Contents
- : PART I: EVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION
- : 1. THE ROAD TO EDICTION
- •: Darwin never predicted it would come to this
- •: The evolution of ediction
- •: Technology milestones
- •: Work ethic vs. Play ethic
- •: Companies and work as a social function
- •: Phobology and self-esteem
- •: Repetitive strain injury
- •: Internet dating: the odds are good but the goods are odd
- •: Do you need a revolution?
- : 2. DO YOU NEED A REVOLUTION?
- •: "I can't talk now, I'm on the phone..."
- •: Yr msgs r kllg me: the tyranny of text
- •: Thousands of emails but no conversations?
- •: Distraction or action?
- •: Everything louder than everything else
- •: It's all the (techno) rage
- •: Hiding behind technology
- •: Can't get no (business) satisfaction: topless meetings
- •: Need a revolution? Take the test
- : PART II: REVOLUTION RESOLUTIONS
- : 3. THINKING
- •: Thinking, talking, communicating, doing, being
- •: How do you want your life to be affected?
- •: Making time to think
- •: A thought a day keeps the madness away
- •: Muddled thinking and how to avoid it
- •: Re-discovering our normal selves
- •: Outthink yourself
- •: Antidotes to modern life
- •: Towards a survival guide
- •: Thinking is free, so do it more often
- •: The great turn off
- •: Taming Technology Tips
- : 4. TALKING
- •: The Art of Brachylogy
- •: The link between thinking straight and talking straight
- •: How to speak concisely and clearly
- •: How to write concisely and clearly
- •: Translating straight thinking into straight talking
- •: Spotting waffle - in others and yourself
- •: How to say no politely
- •: Manifesto for a better life
- •: Taming Technology Tips
- : 5. COMMUNICATING
- •: Technology morals
- •: Choosing the right medium to convey your message
- •: Email and the death of human interaction
- •: Right message, wrong medium
- •: Wrong message, right medium
- •: Right message, right medium
- •: Is over-reliance on email killing the art of selling?
- •: Don't think you can handle it all at once - you can't
- •: Hiding behind technology
- •: Technology etiquette
- •: A little downtime? Turn it off
- •: Taming Technology Tips
- : 6. DOING
- •: Handling the daily inbound
- •: Multitasking and Rapid Sequential tasking
- •: Setting up personal tripwires
- •: Action not activity
- •: Workaholics Anonymous: too busy to turn up
- •: Defined by their machines, not their characters
- •: Social networking: at what cost?
- •: Sleepless? Stressed? Anxious? Exhausted?
- •: The art of enough
- •: Taming Technology Tips
- : 7. BEING
- •: Life would be nothing without....
- •: Get your attitude right: what defines you?
- •: Have a laugh - you'll live longer
- •: Take the issues seriously, but not yourself
- •: How to be relentlessly enthusiastic
- •: Never do one thing for too long
- •: The value of hobbies and interests
- •: Get some character into it
- •: Manifesto for a better life
- •: Taming Technology Tips
- : PART III: START YOUR OWN REVOLUTION
- : POSTSCRIPT: THE REVOLUTION FORUM
- •: How to start your own revolution
- •: Take the test at revolutionbook.com or hodder.co.uk/revolution
- •: Download the software
- •: Buy the iphone app
- •: Compare yourself with others
- •: Keep tabs on your progress
- •: Kick the habit
