My Stint in Mobile Device Rehab, Part 2
Posted On September 6, 2016 BY Dean Brenner
Earlier this summer, I wrote a short post about giving up my mobile devices for part of my vacation. So many of us struggle with the balance between being connected with the world vs being connected with the people right in front of us. And our mobile devices have become toxic roadblocks to attention span, […]
My Stint in Mobile Device Rehab
Posted On July 11, 2016 BY Dean Brenner
I spent the last week on vacation with my family. Which means that for a few days prior to the beginning of vacation, my wife and I had our annual negotiation about mobile devices and the boundaries during vacation. In general, she and I agree on the basic premise… it is healthy to turn off […]
How to Recognize and Avoid Passive-Aggressive Email
Posted On April 21, 2016 BY Dean Brenner
A colleague pointed us to a recent episode from the BBC Business Matters podcast. The subject: Has email made us more passive-aggressive at work? Here’s the excerpt: Passive aggression, defined, is behavior characterized by indirect resistance to the demands of others, and an avoidance of direct confrontation. Both of which are much more easily done via […]
Interpreting the Silence: “Why Haven’t They Gotten Back to Me?”
Posted On September 3, 2014 BY Dean Brenner
Have you ever written or sent something to a friend or a colleague, perhaps something important, that you worked hard on, and then been surprised when no prompt response came? It is hard in this situation to know what to think, or how to feel. Did I say something wrong? Did they not like it? […]