Chris Flack , Co-Founder at Unplug

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How to Unplug…

Transcript of Chris Flack , Co-Founder at Unplug

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How to Unplug…

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How to Unplug…

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“Today the challenge is to make computers more intelligent - software still doesn't understand what thing I should pay attention to next - in fact the proliferation of various tools like texting and email and notifications mean the user has a lot of complexity to deal with.“

- Bill Gates, March 2016

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19 hours/day = 83% of your day

24 Hours

20-23 Hours

15-19 Hours

10-14 Hours

5-9 Hours

0-4 Hours

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

% of Respondents

Unplug Survey of 500+ people in Ireland

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Fastnet Recruitment Survey, 2014

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Instituted a no-device policy during some team meetings

Messaging apps to included a priority mode

‘Zero Email’ policy since 2011

Randi Zuckerberg – Dotcomplicated

Business Leaders who practice Tech/Life Balance

Others inc.

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"You have to pick how and when and where and why you use it”

“You become the master of the technology instead of the technology mastering you."

Dr. David Greenfield

Quick Tip

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“I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots”

Albert Einstein