Are You Suffering From Information Overload

I just finished reading "The Attention Age Doctrine" by Rich Schefren.
Rich Schefren needs no introduction in the Internet Marketing circle.
He has made millions and consults for people like Mike Filsaime, Jim Edwards
and Brad Fallon.

Anyway, in his 65 page report, Rich writes that the information glut and the
increasing technological interuuptions is the no.1 killer of businesses now.
Who has time to get any real work done during a normal day. There's so
much info on anything now, just google it. Hey, how many times do you
google in one day for a piece of information?

We are so afraid of missing something, we store and print vast amount of
documents and ebooks. I certainly have bought books a year ago and still
haven't read all of them!

Compound that with the interruptions of cellphones, instant messaging, emails...
Did you know that it takes an average of 25 minutes to pick up where we left off
after an interruption...

Now, what the heck was I doing?

No wonder hardly any work is getting done.

In this report, Rich gives a valuable tip; keep a timer on your desk.
When you start checking emails, set it to 15 minutes.
I know if I don't, I will be checking emails for at least an hour before getting
anything else really more productive done.