Название: Thriving on Overload: The 5 Powers for Success in a World of Exponential Information
Автор: Ross Dawson
Издательство: McGraw Hill
Год: 2023
Страниц: 235
Язык: английский
Формат: epub (true), mobi
Размер: 10.2 MB

When managing massive amounts of information is part of your job and daily life, how do you transform a feeling of being overwhelmed into a sense of abundance and empowerment? This groundbreaking guide delivers the practical insights and strategies you need to build a positive relationship with information and excel at work and in all your ventures.

Ross Dawson draws on his work as a leading futurist and 25 years of research into the practices that transform a surplus of information into compelling value. In Thriving on Overload, he shares simple actionable techniques for staying ahead in an accelerating world. It’s all about choosing to thrive on overload―rather than being overwhelmed by it. Develop the five intertwined powers that enable extraordinary performance in a world of overload

Purpose: understanding why you engage with information enables a healthier relationship that generates success and balance in your life
Framing: creating frameworks that connect information into meaningful patterns builds deep knowledge, insight, and world-class expertise
Filtering: discerning which information best serves you helps surface valuable signals above the pervasive noise

Attention: allocating your awareness with intent—including laser-like focus and serendipitous discovery—maximizes productivity and outcomes
Synthesis: expanding your capacity to integrate a universe of ideas yields powerful insight, the ability to see opportunities first, and improved decision-making
Discover valuable lessons from some of the world’s most extraordinary “information masters”—entrepreneurs, investors, executives, and researchers who excel at transforming vast mines of data into the solid gold of insight and effective action.Packed with clear guidance, useful exercises, engaging stories, and handy resources, Thriving on Overload helps you build the capabilities that enable you to outperform your peers and prosper as never before in a world defined by excessive information.

"This timely new book shows us how to reboot our often unhealthy relationships with information and navigate the digital era with aplomb." - Professor Paul X. McCarthy, CEO of League of Scholars and author of Online Gravity

"All of us have to process far too much information every day. It's worth spending an hour reading this insightful book, to reap a lifetime's worth of more efficiently handling the information deluge." = David Teten, Founder of Versatile VC

"Thriving on Overload is bursting with thoughtful strategies for optimizing your information intake." - Leslie Shannon, Head of Ecosystem and Trend Scouting at Nokia

"In a world where we measure content in Zettabytes, finding the secret to navigating the right mix of skills, structure, and vision to thrive seems elusive at best, but not for Dawson. He gives us a road map not only for the present but for the future that is eminently achievable." - Brett King, author of Augmented and The Rise of Technosocialism