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Going MADD – Media Addiction and Digital Distraction:
Better Detox from Your Inbox – A PSYCHO-Cultural Perspective: Part I
It’s a multi-media age
With ADD all of the rage.
Instant gratification
Simply one more frustration.
Waiting five seconds…OMG a delay!!!
Knots in the stomach; your hair’s turning gray
Starting to panic; can’t keep BOREDOM at bay.
Only one thing to do: Start
texting away!
Better detox from that inbox
Life can be tough without the “right stuff”
Like when your smartphone
Is never quite smart enough.
Stop comparing yourself to high-tech and text jocks
Better detox from your inbox.
Headsets and smartphones
Grow from every ear
And soon Google glasses
Will make it appear
That early adapters
Have their heads up their asses
But with cutting-edge glasses
Ha, they can look out front and rear.
Better detox from that inbox
Being “all thumbs” once made you a clod.
Today you’re a text-wizard…
You don’t find that odd?
Way past the time for taking stock
Better detox from your inbox.
All night gaming is mind inflaming.
Does it inspire or trip a brain wire?
Net addiction is hardly a fiction:
Quick, damn…need a connection!
A video injection will do me just fine
Who needs to see when you're flying blind.
Sure it’s insane to deaden all pain...but
You never pine for that dopamine line?
Just gotta play, “As the World Columbines!”
Better detox from that Xbox
Always textin and tweetin
All that Candy Crush cheatin
Only feeds junk food thinkin
About online sex, shopping, and stocks
Better detox from your inbox.
Going MADD – Media Addiction
and Digital Distraction: Better Detox from Your
Inbox – It Takes Two to Tangle: Part II
Conflict with a colleague
Just two cubes away…
Dirty Harry fantasies:
Go ahead…Make my day!
Just blast an e-message
Forget face to face.
The ‘e’ in email
Stands for “escape.”
(By the way, your email makes such a loud whistle
Are you sending a text or an e-missile?)
Better detox from that inbox
When texts always SCREAM – “Right NOW!” attention
Might this just mean a power addiction?
What comes through is a “Little Napoleon”
Who needs to be exiled, some time on the rocks
Better detox from your inbox.
Your “so-called” emergency
Will not be my anxiety.
And who made you
Queen of the sorority?
Just like me, you put on pants and socks.
Might be time for the school of hard knocks
Better detox from your inbox.
Well let me reach closure
Before I break bad
On those always bragging
About their iPad.
Some words to consider
They are pretty rad:
I do not mean to sound unkind…
Keep your iPad; I prefer an I-Mind!
Better detox from that inbox
Any more words would just be a crock.
Will you stand out or be just one of the flock?
Better detox from that game box
Better detox from your inbox.
© Mark Gorkin 2014
Shrink Rap ™ Productions
Conflict with a colleague
Just two cubes away…
Dirty Harry fantasies:
Go ahead…Make my day!
Just blast an e-message
Forget face to face.
The ‘e’ in email
Stands for “escape.”
(By the way, your email makes such a loud whistle
Are you sending a text or an e-missile?)
Better detox from that inbox
When texts always SCREAM – “Right NOW!” attention
Might this just mean a power addiction?
What comes through is a “Little Napoleon”
Who needs to be exiled, some time on the rocks
Better detox from your inbox.
Your “so-called” emergency
Will not be my anxiety.
And who made you
Queen of the sorority?
Just like me, you put on pants and socks.
Might be time for the school of hard knocks
Better detox from your inbox.
Well let me reach closure
Before I break bad
On those always bragging
About their iPad.
Some words to consider
They are pretty rad:
I do not mean to sound unkind…
Keep your iPad; I prefer an I-Mind!
Better detox from that inbox
Any more words would just be a crock.
Will you stand out or be just one of the flock?
Better detox from that game box
Better detox from your inbox.
© Mark Gorkin 2014
Shrink Rap ™ Productions
Program Synopsis of Is Your Workplace
Going MADD?
It’s a TNT – Time-Numbers-Technology – Driven and Distracted Brave New World, when “Everything Happens NOW.” While some see a half-full glass of unprecedented access and data…others perceive rampant “Infomania” – continuous stress and distraction caused by the combination of message overload, incessant interruptions, and “Time Urgency Syndrome.” Through his Fun-Interactive-Thought-provoking (Get FIT) program, let the Stress Doc help you transform the MAD-ness: Gain tools for 1) assessing individual/workplace addiction and 2) designing self-monitoring and team building structures and strategies for a stress resilient work environment.
It’s a TNT – Time-Numbers-Technology – Driven and Distracted Brave New World, when “Everything Happens NOW.” While some see a half-full glass of unprecedented access and data…others perceive rampant “Infomania” – continuous stress and distraction caused by the combination of message overload, incessant interruptions, and “Time Urgency Syndrome.” Through his Fun-Interactive-Thought-provoking (Get FIT) program, let the Stress Doc help you transform the MAD-ness: Gain tools for 1) assessing individual/workplace addiction and 2) designing self-monitoring and team building structures and strategies for a stress resilient work environment.
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Is Your Workplace Going MADD?: Stress Resilience, Self-Control, and Strategic Team Building for Mastering Media and Digital Distraction
In a TNT – Time-Numbers-Technology – Driven and Distracted World, now promising “wearable technology…that keeps us in the moment,” always on takes on ever looming Brave New World dimensions. When “Everything happens NOW,” is it more a time of breakthroughs or time for a breakdown? While some see a half-full glass of unprecedented access and data…others perceive rampant “Infomania” – a mental state of continuous stress and distraction caused by the combination of message overload, incessant interruptions, and “Time Urgency Syndrome”. (Did you know the average knowledge worker is interrupted every three minutes while working on a task? When having conflict with a customer or colleague, do you tend to send emails or launch e-missiles? Are you “Practicing Safe Text”?) Through his Fun-Interactive-Thought-provoking (Get FIT) program, let the Stress Doc help you transform the MAD-ness: Get FIT with Fun-Interactive-thought-provoking tools and techniques for 1) assessing individual/workplace distraction or addiction and 2) designing self-monitoring and team building structures and strategies for stress resilient employees, teams, and work environment.
Attention spans are shrinking and self-absorbed instant gratification and self-centered entitlement is growing; increasingly, people expect you, 24/7, to immediately reply to their “high priority” texts and emails. It may be time to ask:
Is Your Workplace Going MADD?: Stress Resilience, Self-Control, and Strategic Team Building for Mastering Media and Digital Distraction
In a TNT – Time-Numbers-Technology – Driven and Distracted World, now promising “wearable technology…that keeps us in the moment,” always on takes on ever looming Brave New World dimensions. When “Everything happens NOW,” is it more a time of breakthroughs or time for a breakdown? While some see a half-full glass of unprecedented access and data…others perceive rampant “Infomania” – a mental state of continuous stress and distraction caused by the combination of message overload, incessant interruptions, and “Time Urgency Syndrome”. (Did you know the average knowledge worker is interrupted every three minutes while working on a task? When having conflict with a customer or colleague, do you tend to send emails or launch e-missiles? Are you “Practicing Safe Text”?) Through his Fun-Interactive-Thought-provoking (Get FIT) program, let the Stress Doc help you transform the MAD-ness: Get FIT with Fun-Interactive-thought-provoking tools and techniques for 1) assessing individual/workplace distraction or addiction and 2) designing self-monitoring and team building structures and strategies for stress resilient employees, teams, and work environment.
Attention spans are shrinking and self-absorbed instant gratification and self-centered entitlement is growing; increasingly, people expect you, 24/7, to immediately reply to their “high priority” texts and emails. It may be time to ask:
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Is
your digital world spinning out of control?
Are you ready to Practice Safe
Stress?
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Are
work-life boundaries eroding; are you overwhelmed juggling work and
personal-family time? Do you crave or feel
pressured to always be on the technological edge?
Ø
Do
you know when to multi-task and when to be mindful? Do you understand why this is a trick question? Do you engage in restorative downtime?
Ø
Does
lack of tech-gadget access evoke intense anxiety and discomfort, impatience and
frustration, distraction and impaired concentration?
Ø
Do
you keep rechecking your gadgets like some put quarters in one-armed bandits? Do you need to detox from your inbox and
dopamine-driven juicing?
Ø
Is
video gaming or electronic shopping hurting your sleep, human touch, and
productivity cycles? Can you distinguish
between capacity and usability, novelty and adaptability?
Ø
Does
flitting between texts and tweets keep you in a constant/habituated state of
high arousal; does downtime leave you feeling empty and edgy?
v
Are
you or individuals in your work and social space dealing with MAD (Media and
Digital) Addiction?
Is it time for you and your organization to address and redress the ever-growing MAD-ness?
Program Objectives
Have no fear…With their Fun-Interactive-Thought-provoking “hands on” concepts, assessment guides, tools, and lively and relevant small group exercises, “Nurse Bonnie, DNP and the Stress Doc ™, LICSW” are here to help you:
1. Rapidly recognize signs of ‘Infomania,” “junk-food information diet”/empty Internet calories, battlefield burnout, and MAD AddictionIs it time for you and your organization to address and redress the ever-growing MAD-ness?
Program Objectives
Have no fear…With their Fun-Interactive-Thought-provoking “hands on” concepts, assessment guides, tools, and lively and relevant small group exercises, “Nurse Bonnie, DNP and the Stress Doc ™, LICSW” are here to help you:
2. Understand how ‘Workplace ADDD” – Aggressive
Dysfunctions-Digital Distractions – adversely impact productivity, morale, team
coordination…your “bottom line!”
3. Recognize parallels between MAD and other common addictions: eating, drinking, smoking, gambling, drugging, etc.; recognize the dopamine-induced cyclical dangers of rapid responding-revved up reward cues while dismissing the future for the immediate-impulsive NOW
4. Learn how to grieve and “let go” while exercising emotional-bio-psychosocial-behavioral regulation re: bad habits, compulsions, and addictions; gain face-to-face conflict problem-solving skills and courage; learn to “keep the best and toss the rest”
5. Create a safe climate for enabling management and employees to problem-solve ways of bridging “High Tech—Human Touch” in the workplace
6. Develop stress-reducing, team building structures and strategies for reducing and preventing isolation and tech-compulsion; learn to redesign a stress resilient work environment
7. Grasp the Stress Doc’s Natural SPEED Formula for Stress Resiliency, Brain Agility, and Emotional Integrity.
Seek the higher power of Stress Doc humor: May the Farce Be with You.
Don’t miss your appointment with “Nurse Bonnie and the Stress Doc!”
Mark Gorkin, the Stress Doc ™, www.stressdoc.com, acclaimed Keynote and Kickoff Speaker, Webinar Presenter, Retreat Leader and Motivational Humorist, is the author of Practice Safe Stress and The Four Faces of Anger. A former Stress & Violence Prevention consultant for the US Postal Service, the Stress Doc leads one-day "Stress Resiliency" workshops for "METRO" Managers and Supervisors of the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA). "The Doc" is also a Team Building and Organizational Development Consultant as well as a Critical Incident/Grief Intervention Expert for Business Health Services, a National Wellness/EAP/OD Company. Mark leads highly interactive, innovative, and inspiring programs for corporations and government agencies, including the US Military, on stress and brain resiliency/burnout prevention through humor, change and conflict management, generational communication, and 3 "R" -- Responsible, Resilient & Risk-Taking -- leadership-partnership team building.
Email stressdoc@aol.com for his popular free newsletter & info on speaking programs and phone coaching sessions. And click https://vimeo.com/69053828 for the Stress Doc's wildly pioneering "Shrink Rap" video.
3. Recognize parallels between MAD and other common addictions: eating, drinking, smoking, gambling, drugging, etc.; recognize the dopamine-induced cyclical dangers of rapid responding-revved up reward cues while dismissing the future for the immediate-impulsive NOW
4. Learn how to grieve and “let go” while exercising emotional-bio-psychosocial-behavioral regulation re: bad habits, compulsions, and addictions; gain face-to-face conflict problem-solving skills and courage; learn to “keep the best and toss the rest”
5. Create a safe climate for enabling management and employees to problem-solve ways of bridging “High Tech—Human Touch” in the workplace
6. Develop stress-reducing, team building structures and strategies for reducing and preventing isolation and tech-compulsion; learn to redesign a stress resilient work environment
7. Grasp the Stress Doc’s Natural SPEED Formula for Stress Resiliency, Brain Agility, and Emotional Integrity.
Seek the higher power of Stress Doc humor: May the Farce Be with You.
Don’t miss your appointment with “Nurse Bonnie and the Stress Doc!”
Mark Gorkin, the Stress Doc ™, www.stressdoc.com, acclaimed Keynote and Kickoff Speaker, Webinar Presenter, Retreat Leader and Motivational Humorist, is the author of Practice Safe Stress and The Four Faces of Anger. A former Stress & Violence Prevention consultant for the US Postal Service, the Stress Doc leads one-day "Stress Resiliency" workshops for "METRO" Managers and Supervisors of the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA). "The Doc" is also a Team Building and Organizational Development Consultant as well as a Critical Incident/Grief Intervention Expert for Business Health Services, a National Wellness/EAP/OD Company. Mark leads highly interactive, innovative, and inspiring programs for corporations and government agencies, including the US Military, on stress and brain resiliency/burnout prevention through humor, change and conflict management, generational communication, and 3 "R" -- Responsible, Resilient & Risk-Taking -- leadership-partnership team building.
Email stressdoc@aol.com for his popular free newsletter & info on speaking programs and phone coaching sessions. And click https://vimeo.com/69053828 for the Stress Doc's wildly pioneering "Shrink Rap" video.
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