The Reality Overload

Author : Annie Le Brun
Publisher : Inner Traditions
ISBN 13 : 9781594772443
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reality Overload written by Annie Le Brun and published by Inner Traditions. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful critique of the increasing mechanization and homogenization of modern life • Shows how the constant force-feeding of too much information dispossesses us of our deepest connections • Describes a link between the destruction of the environment with the assault on our individuality, creativity, and ability to think for ourselves What underlies the many problems of the modern world--from accelerating rates of extinction and desertification to the increased alienation of the individual--is a reality overload, an increasingly invasive mechanization and homogenization of modern life that glorifies consumption and conformity. This overload has been created from the constant force-feeding of too much information, a phenomenon that dispossesses us of our deepest connections to time, our physical world, and each other. Annie Le Brun explains that the degradation of the environment mirrors the devastation going on in our minds revealing a link between genetically modified foods and the transformation and decay of our language and communication. There is a direct relationship between the rupture of the great biological balances that govern the planet and the equally devastating rupture in our imaginal realm. The imaginal realm is the home of our dreams and the perceptions that feed our thoughts, individuality, and creativity. Without its influence we are forced to live a drab, alienated lifestyle based on consumption alone. If, as Shakespeare claims, “we are such stuff as dreams are made on,” this theft of our imagination by the reality overload threatens the very foundations of our existence.

Author : Arthur Hailey
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480490016
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overload written by Arthur Hailey and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Hotel and Airport “hits with another blockbuster,” a terrorist takedown of California’s power grid (The Observer). In the middle of a sweltering July heat wave that has no end in sight, California’s Golden State Power and Light is on overload. An emergency brownout is already in effect. Then, GSP&L’s newest and largest generator explodes. With four people dead and a widespread loss of power, a fringe group takes responsibility. But for GSP&L vice president Nim Goldman and his family; his adversary, investigative reporter Nancy Molineaux; detective Harry London; and beautiful quadriplegic Karen Sloan, whose every breath depends on electric power, the terror is just beginning . . . A dramatic and timely story of the people and the events leading to a crisis, Overload presents a fascinating view of the little-known world of electric power production that is vital to contemporary life.

Author : Bob Schieffer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538107228
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overload written by Bob Schieffer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the explosion of fake news to the challenges of the 24 hour news cycle, legendary journalist Bob Schieffer examines political journalism today and those who practice it. Based on interviews with over 40 media leaders, Schieffer provides an inside look at the changing role of media and asks whether today’s citizens are more informed or just overwhelmed.

Author : Jonathan B. Spira
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118064178
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overload! written by Jonathan B. Spira and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timely advice for getting a grip on information overload in the workplace This groundbreaking book reveals how different kinds of information overload impact workers and businesses as a whole. It helps businesses get a grip on the financial and human costs of e-mail overload and interruptions and details how working in an information overloaded environment impacts employee productivity, efficiency, and morale. Explains how information?often in the form of e-mail messages, reports, news, Web sites, RSS feeds, blogs, wikis, instant messages, text messages, Twitter, and video conferencing walls?bombards and dulls our senses Explores what we do with information Documents how we created more and more information over centuries Reveals what all this information is doing Timely and thought-provoking, Overload! addresses the reality of?and solutions for?a problem to which no one is immune.

Author : Bill Kovach
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608193012
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blur written by Bill Kovach and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two journalists provide a guide for navigating through the Internet Age's viral and opinion-based news sources, explaining how to discern what sources or facts are reliable and how to think like a journalist and unearth the truth.

Author : Richard Swenson
Publisher : Tyndale House
ISBN 13 : 1615214623
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Overload Syndrome written by Richard Swenson and published by Tyndale House. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone living in today’s society knows the struggle of trying to handle busyness. You feel tired, stressed, and burned out. These symptoms are signs that you’re suffering from the Overload Syndrome. This book of the same name examines where overload comes from and what it can lead to, while offering prescriptions to counteract its effects and restore time to rest and space to heal. Find the secrets of time management while examining your priorities and seeking God’s will.

Author : Rob Cross
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 1647820138
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Collaboration Overload written by Rob Cross and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named the Best Management Book of 2021 by strategy+business Named one of "this month's top titles" in the Financial Times in September 2021 Named to the longlist for the 2021 Outstanding Works of Literature (OWL) Award in the Management & Culture category A plan for conquering collaborative overload to drive performance and innovation, reduce burnout, and enhance well-being. Most organizations have created always-on work contexts that are burning people out and hurting performance rather than delivering productivity, innovation and engagement. Collaborative work consumes 85% of employees' time and is drifting earlier into the morning, later into the night, and deeper into the weekend. The dilemma is that we all need to collaborate more to create effective organizations and vibrant careers for ourselves. But conventional wisdom on teamwork and collaboration has created too much of the wrong kind of collaboration, which hurts our performance, health and overall well-being. In Beyond Collaboration Overload, Babson professor Rob Cross solves this paradox by showing how top performers who thrive at work collaborate in a more purposeful way that makes them 18-24% more efficient than their peers. Good collaborators are distinguished by the efficiency and intentionality of their collaboration—not the size of their network or the length of their workday. Through landmark research with more than 300 organizations, in-depth stories, and tools, Beyond Collaboration Overload will coach you to reclaim close to a day a week when you: Identify and challenge beliefs that lead you to collaborate too quickly Impose structure in your work to prevent unproductive collaboration Alter behaviors to create more efficient collaboration It then outlines how successful people invest this reclaimed time to: Cultivate a broad network—not a big one—for innovation and scale Energize others—a strong predictor of high performance Connect with others to reduce micro-stressors and enhance physical and mental well-being Cross' framework provides relief from the definitive problem of our age—dysfunctional collaboration at the expense of our performance, health and overall well-being.

Author : Russ Shipton
Publisher : New Generation Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1910162000
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overload written by Russ Shipton and published by New Generation Publishing. This book was released on with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "e;Overload"e; of life in the West is making us sick. Heart disease, obesity, diabetes, liver disease, arthritis, asthma, dementia, anxiety and depression are endemic, and almost one in two of us can expect to be diagnosed with cancer. We do not have to be victims of "e;Overload"e;. In this book, Russ Shipton raises our awareness of why and how it is happening, and provides us with strategies to achieve near optimum health, fulfilment and lasting contentment.

Author : Erin L. Kelly
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691230803
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overload written by Erin L. Kelly and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why too much work and too little time is hurting workers and companies—and how a proven workplace redesign can benefit employees and the bottom line Today's ways of working are not working—even for professionals in "good" jobs. Responding to global competition and pressure from financial markets, companies are asking employees to do more with less, even as new technologies normalize 24/7 job expectations. In Overload, Erin Kelly and Phyllis Moen document how this new intensification of work creates chronic stress, leading to burnout, attrition, and underperformance. "Flexible" work policies and corporate lip service about "work-life balance" don't come close to fixing the problem. But this unhealthy and unsustainable situation can be changed—and Overload shows how. Drawing on five years of research, including hundreds of interviews with employees and managers, Kelly and Moen tell the story of a major experiment that they helped design and implement at a Fortune 500 firm. The company adopted creative and practical work redesigns that gave workers more control over how and where they worked and encouraged managers to evaluate performance in new ways. The result? Employees' health, well-being, and ability to manage their personal and work lives improved, while the company benefited from higher job satisfaction and lower turnover. And, as Kelly and Moen show, such changes can—and should—be made on a wide scale. Complete with advice about ways that employees, managers, and corporate leaders can begin to question and fix one of today's most serious workplace problems, Overload is an inspiring account about how rethinking and redesigning work could transform our lives and companies.

Author : Tina Konstant
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1444149350
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Instant Manager: Overcoming Information Overload written by Tina Konstant and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2012-05-25 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a manager and leader are you faced each day with an avalanche of new and bewildering demands? Do the days seem to get shorter as you try to juggle a demanding career with developing new skills and maintaining a balanced life? Relax! Instant Manager is a new way of winning back time and growing your confidence and professionalism with the support and guidance of THE experts in management. Based on the 10 questions most frequently asked by managers JUST LIKE YOU, Instant Manager gives you easy access to the knowledge and guidance you need and even includes a handy tear out card of ten top tips to carry that knowledge with you wherever you go. Written in a concise, accessible style, this is the best support any manager can have. Take the next step in Overcoming Information Overload, including the following: what information overload is and how to recognise it, how to speed read effectively, how to avoid overloading others.