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Ella Bernie posted in the group The Collective Shelf
Happy Wednesday Collective Shelfers 📚🌟
With a few weeks until our next call, how is everyone finding this months read? I’ve been slow to start I must admit, but have enjoyed learning more about deep work 💡
I thought I’d share this TedTalk Cal Newport did a few years ago now on Quitting Social Media, it’s not too long and quite an interesting watch:
It got me thinking – would you be able to quit social media? I know I could if I had to, and I have things in place like screen time limits, but the thought of deleting everything definitely gives me a bit of FOMO 😁
Would love to know what you think of the video and also your view on quitting social media!
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Hi Adarsh, really insightful comment. I completely agree that for some it’s not practical to completely switch off, so the deep-shallow rating is definitely an interesting concept. There’s a documentary on Netflix called The Social Dilemma which explores the addictive nature of social media, which if you haven’t watched I highly recommend!
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Thanks, Ella. I’ve watched The Social Dilemma and it does paint a grim (real) picture of the chasm we find ourselves in, but such is the fate of civilization built on desire.
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Agree complete with Adarsh Nalam re the problems of social media and time sucking .However, social media pretty much transformed my life so I won’t getting rid of my accounts.
I’ve met hundreds of people in real life either directly through social media or being introduced to them through people I know on social media e.g. following writers on Twitter led me to attend Word Factory events which is where I met Lexi Radcliffe-Hart who subsequently lead me here.
Again through…
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Hi Pete, really interesting stuff. Completely agree with what you’ve said. For my dissertation I explored online brand communities so seeing the many benefits and positive results from having relationships online makes me think it’s not necessarily bad to be spending time on social media as long as you spend it in the right way. I also like what you’ve said on the interchangeable nature of relationships – I’m sure for some, their online relationships are far more va…
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Hi Ella, good prod to get going on the book ! I’ve not started it yet – but will do. That said I’ve just finished Digital Minimalism, also by Cal Newport – which I’m sure covers a lot of the same ground, maybe with a more nuanced outcome in mind. I have to say it did give me pause for thought and has really influenced my use of digital technology (not just social) – the biggest take away from that was – use tech consciously – ie don’t mind…
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Hi Darren, I’ve heard good things about Digital Minimalism too, and like what you say about using tech consciously! I’ve found adding time limits to my social media apps has helped with this – I spend less time mindlessly scrolling or going down rabbit holes as I know I only have a certain amount of time each day! The next call is Wednesday 27th Oct at 1pm – you can sign up here: http://staging.the-portfolio-collective.com/events/the-collective-shelf-book-club/
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I have finally had time to into the book and am enjoying the reasoning behind the approach and also the benefits of deep work. Technique is everything – It feels like the challenge is how to perfect the strategy (prepare the field) rather than how to do deep work itself.
On complete digital detox – this is hard to do across all platforms but a partial, focussed approach would reap rewards.
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Hi Tamsin, welcome to TPC and great question!! Where do you spend most of your time working? Linh, Adarsh Nalam, Nicola Twiston Davies, Duncan Dalzel-Job, Silvia Janska, Zarir 'Zed' Vakil, Alex Pitt, Damien, Janis Chan, Eike Post, Caoimhe Kelly, Conrad Young, Stephen Fleming, Tim Walters, Ph.D., Nicola MacPhail, Rob Wright, Paul David Mather, JaRoy Buffong, Jason Lawrence, Rebecca Beck
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It varies for me, as long as my laptop has power I can work anywhere. If the weather is good I could work in the local park for an hour or so. Cafes are nice when they’re not crazy busy. Libraries are a good quiet place to get things done. Just depends on the mood as well.
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In my town centre office, which is about half an hour’s walk from home. If I’m not there, I’m on my kitchen table.
Haven’t yet found out if I enjoy working on my laptop in public spaces yet. Haven’t needed to. Walking meetings in our spectacular local park a few yards from my office is as far as I’ve got so far…
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Pete Domican posted a new activity comment
Agree complete with Adarsh Nalam re the problems of social media and time sucking .However, social media pretty much transformed my life so I won’t getting rid of my accounts.
I’ve met hundreds of people in real life either directly through social media or being introduced to them through people I know on social media e.g. following writers on Twitter led me to attend Word Factory events which is where I met Lexi Radcliffe-Hart who subsequently lead me here.
Again through Twitter I became part of an English speaking community of Benfica supporters and I’ve subsequently met people from all around the world in Lisbon, some of who are now very close friends. I also get to practice my terrible Portuguese!
I obviously have friends who I met in real life but they’re scattered all over the UK and internationally so I don’t see them as much. Facebook keeps me in contact with old school, uni and work friends I’d otherwise lose touch with and m…
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Hi Pete, really interesting stuff. Completely agree with what you’ve said. For my dissertation I explored online brand communities so seeing the many benefits and positive results from having relationships online makes me think it’s not necessarily bad to be spending time on social media as long as you spend it in the right way. I also like what you’ve said on the interchangeable nature of relationships – I’m sure for some, their online relationships are far more va…
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It’d be great to see some of you there – Annelise Lepage, Roohi & Nida Mohiyuddin, Jacqui Greeff, Earth Chariyawattanarut, Suma Mereti, @mariamara, Nicola Braggins (Barrett), Jayne Pullen, Tracy Rickett, Amanda Green, SarahBridge, Tarsha Shaw, Gal Abramovich, Brian Farrell, Duncan Dalzel-Job, Jeff Jones, Tracey Rob Perera, Jenny Collins, Grzegorz Sołyga, Pete Domican, Linh, Adarsh Nalam, Silvia Janska, Zarir 'Zed' Vakil, Eike Post
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Would love to see you all at our ’Streamlining Financial Management’ discussion – Tracey Rob Perera, Jeff Jones, Duncan Dalzel-Job, Silvia Janska, Linh, Tomas E, Iain Hunter, Toni Mitchell, Deepshikha Yadav, Valeria Conti, Jeanette Teh, Roohi & Nida Mohiyuddin, Adarsh Nalam, Caroline Marsh, Skylar Haven, Rachael Ebanks-Gold, Alexandra Goldschmidt, Alex Bloom, PETER WILFORD-l-allen-6, Bushra Arbawi, Alexandra Levy, PETER WILFORD, Isa Buencamino, Jenny Collins, Ann-Kathrin Dobre
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Hey Ella, thanks for the reminder. I finished the book late last week and found some powerful insights. The recommendations may not suit someone who needs constant engagement in their role, like CEOs or client servicing professionals (or community managers). Still, techniques like the deep-shallow rating scale and concepts such as attention residue and context switching are proper game-changers.
I’ve quit social media several times before, and I believe a complete exit is difficult if y…
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