- “This compulsion to communicate incessantly- entailing the nonstop use of cell phones, BlackBerry devices, personal digital assistants, the Internet, and various contact management systems- tends to leave people psychologically breathless. We have no time to stop, smell the roses, and collect our thoughts.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 89
- “For you to be able to concentrate on those few things that make the most difference in your business or personal life, you must discipline yourself to treat technology as a servant, not as a master. Technology is there to help you, not to hinder you. The purpose of technology is to make your life smoother and easier, not to create complexity, confusion, and stress.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 9
- “A single issue of the daily New York times now contains more information than the seventeenth-century man or woman would have encountered in a lifetime.” Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 30 (Education, Information, Last Days)
- “In 2008, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced her intention to help create an action-packed video game to teach civics to middle school students. She explained that her grandchildren have taught her that technology is the best way to inspire children to learn. With all due respect to Justice O’Connor, for whom I have great admiration, I don’t agree that technology is “the best way to inspire kids to learn.”10 I believe that kids are more effectively motivated by interacting with the real world, or by team competition, or by some of the other approaches we discussed” Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men (Leonard Sax) Page 61
- “When I think of the wonders that have come to pass in my lifetime more than during all the rest of human history together I stand in reverence and gratitude. I think of the automobile and the airplane, of computers, fax machines, e-mail, and the Internet. It is all so miraculous and wonderful. I think of the giant steps made in medicine and sanitation. And with all of this there has been the restoration of the pure gospel of Jesus Christ. You and I are a part of the miracle and wonder of this great cause and kingdom that is sweeping over the earth blessing the lives of people wherever it reaches. How profoundly thankful I feel.” Manual, Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, Chapter 3, Cultivating an Attitude of Happiness and a Spirit of Optimism