What’s More
Important?
But I have other things to do that are more important than this. If I spent all the time I should spend on keeping abreast of the updates on the software I use, I would probably become the most efficient computer user around, and, as a result, the most unproductive executive on the planet.
Not only can I not afford to invest the time to learn the new detail, but I don’t use half of the existing features on the software that I have been using routinely for years. I still have trouble putting someone on hold on my cell phone to take another call, for example.
Software, and its growing complexity, is just one of the more ubiquitous manifestations of a characteristic of our times – every aspect of our jobs, our businesses, and our lives are changing rapidly and growing more complex. Richard Swenson, writing in the book, “Margin” had it right
when he said:
“The spontaneous tendency of our culture is to inexorably add detail to our lives: one more option, one more problem, one more commitment, one more expectation, one more purchase ... CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE.
