When I worked in corporate PR, I was on a plane at least two mornings most weeks, flying off to Very Important Meetings with Very Important People to discuss my Very Important Projects. One day, I picked up what I thought would be just the perfect thing for somebody as busy as I was: one of those ‘Ten Best Business Books Condensed on Tape’. What a great idea! I could save time while cramming all this Important Business Savvy into my overstuffed brain while driving to the airport and back. But something hit me, somewhere between Total Quality Management and Seven Habits:
“This is exactly what’s wrong with my life!”
I realized that I was so busy that I felt no longer able to enjoy settling in with a good book anymore. Even reading – my great love – had turned into just another item on my overloaded To Do list.
I was a heart attack waiting to happen. (more…)
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