Comments on: Turn the radio off (auditory overload)

By: email archiving system

email archiving system — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:11:37 +0000

I somehow developed the skill to to totally plug off my my self from the environmental noise when I’m thinking, but I understand your point here. It is true, we sometimes pay much more attention to news or music than to our selves and problem we have. Great post.

By: Kate Hawth

Kate Hawth — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:16:25 +0000

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An Emailogic training course sorts out this issue – in just 90 minutes! It will teach you to get back in control of your inbox quickly and effectively

By: neilrshah

neilrshah — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:23:29 +0000

Great point. So often I turn to the buzz of media to help me solve my troubles, when really what I need is silence.

I wonder though, sometimes, how to achieve this silence. It’s not as if it isn’t easy. It just involves flipping a few off switches and pressing a few buttons. But really – I think my mind has become so conditioned that it will not accommodate silence. It’s like an addiction – If there is nothing going on to distract me, my brain starts to crave gchat or email or radio.

Any tips for training your mind to accept this silence?

Neil
http://www.neilsthoughts.com

By: Contactology

Contactology — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:08:44 +0000

Excellent point. There is so much spam and noise out there, reaching permission-based recipients amid the clutter becomes more important.

By: Business_Reader

Business_Reader — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:21:40 +0000

You may want to think about email overload as a operating cultural issue … here’s a write-up that might put context around thinking differently about the role that email should play in an organization

http://www.bis-insight.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2009/3/14_I_can_see_clearly_now_the_email_is_down.html

By: HimS

HimS — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:18:44 +0000

The irony of reading this exactly when I was cursing my neighbor who is playing music at full volume doesnt escape me…

By: Brendan

Brendan — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:57:27 +0000

I believe you could go one step further to improve productivity and listen to classical music. Being from a family of teachers I have heard of studies where students taking a test while listening to classical music did better than students who took the test in a silent environment.

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no time? « Blogs are like opinions. Everybody has one… — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:58:26 +0000

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By: pendolino

pendolino — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:55:13 +0000

i agree fully with your opinion. i always listen to the news and prefer radio to TV but find when it’s not there that a weight on my mind has been lifted. there is always the temptation to switch it back on though.