Tethered to our smart phones, we are too caught up and distracted to take the time necessary to sort through complexity or to locate submerged purpose . In our urgent rush to get "there, " we are going everywhere but being nowhere. Far too busy managing with transactive speed, we rarely step back to lead with transformative significance.Kevin Cashman
About This Quote
We have all experienced the mindfulness of being on a train or on a plane and on our cell phone. It is very distracting whether you are on a subway or on a plane. Many of us have complained that we do not have time to breathe or think about anything else other than what we are doing on our smart phones. We have to check our emails, text messages, social media, and see what friends are saying.
In fact, many of us do not even notice how loud our favorite music is as we are so caught up in the music. We never actually take the time to focus on something else. When we come back from these experiences we feel like we were careless and not mindful because we were too caught up with our phones and other distractions.
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