Why I Gave My Daughter My Smartwatch

I asked if she wanted my smartwatch and received a quick "Yes!!!"

Not that the watch didn't have advantages. It was handy with phone calls and I found that to be helpful.

But I got tired of being superconnected. There is a fine line between connections and interruptions.

So I'm back to being Old School. The beloved Seiko wristwatch is packed away somewhere during our remodeling so, in a nod of amusement to my friend - the hyper-connected FutureLawyer - I got the above.

Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.

In My Stack

- From the author of Distracted. 

Find Something Beautiful Today

[Photo by Pass Horizon at Unsplash]

Every Week

Wally Bock with one of the easiest, but most effective ways to improve decision-making and performance.

Don't expect this is occur by itself.

Hmm

 

When Customers Are Regarded as Nuisances

Through hard experience, I have concluded that the main function of call centers and "chat options" is to serve as buffers instead of facilitators.

Important Advice

Cultural Offering has a no-nonsense volley of advice from former POW Charles Plumb.

Check It Out

The Free Press . . . for Free People.

Hmm

 

Lincoln's Gift

 By an inseparable mixture of accident and inexorable destiny, Lincoln became president. The man who had taught himself Shakespeare and Euclid now ruled. It was, in one sense, a philosophic rule. His insights gave us back the reasons for existence. Through him we saw why this nation was "that last, best hope of earth," that last chance, as he said, for "all people of all colors everywhere" to have the burdens lifted from their shoulders. Through his mind we learned why the questions was not, Can free democracies be established? but, rather, Can they endure?

- John Agresto, The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do About It