+1 #833: Distraction

Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another Optimize plus one. In our last couple plus ones we've been having fun hanging out with Jake and Jay Z and their wisdom on how to make time. Today we're going to talk about what destroys time for a lot of people. What a reminder. These guys love technology. Jake helped build Gmail. Jay z helped build YouTube. Then together they helped build dozens and dozens of the leading tech companies financed and supported by Google Ventures. But they tell us, quote, look, we love technology, but there is a very serious problem here. Combine the 4 plus hours the average person spends on their smartphones with the four plus hours the average person spends watching television and distraction is a full time job. Wait, did I read that right? The average person spends four hours a day on their smartphone and another four plus hours a day watching tv? Let me get my calculator and add that up. Eight plus hours. Yep, for the average person, distraction is a full time job. Yet another reason we don't want to be and I laugh as I type that and say this. An average person. Cue Krishnamurti and Mark Twain again. Perhaps we should just put them on auto repeat. Krishnamurti tells us it is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. Mark Twain tells us whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. Today's +1. Let's bust out our time tracking tools and a calculator. How much time are you spending watching TV and on your smartphone? Any room to optimize one more time minus one minus one minus one for the plus one plus one plus one win.