Comments on: Anybody there? http://yastrow.com/2008/anybody-there.html Author, Speaker, Consultant: Ideas on Creating Profitable Customer Relationships Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:55:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Rockin’ Posts by My Blog Consulting Clients http://yastrow.com/2008/anybody-there.html#comment-289 Rockin’ Posts by My Blog Consulting Clients Thu, 08 May 2008 05:17:24 +0000 http://yastrow.com/2008/anybody-there.html#comment-289 [...] Anybody There? by Steve Yastrow. [...] […] Anybody There? by Steve Yastrow. […]

]]> By: david http://yastrow.com/2008/anybody-there.html#comment-288 david Thu, 08 May 2008 03:00:27 +0000 http://yastrow.com/2008/anybody-there.html#comment-288 This is the current curse of our culture, and the great lesson offered by Zen Buddhism, among other meditative traditions. The problem isn't merely multi-tasking: it's the stories we tell, and are told, about why we **need** to be multi-tasking that occlude our vision and make it impossible to enter into encounter, which is the basis of all fruitful human interaction. One problem is that when you are deeply present with people who are chronic multi-taskers, they get uncomfortable but often aren't sure why. They feel as though your eyes are drilling holes in their forehead, when all you're really doing is focusing on them and on what they say. This kind of deep focus may become a thing of the past. Techno-etiquette may require that you look only at your BlackBerry by talking with someone who's physically threatened. This is the current curse of our culture, and the great lesson offered by Zen Buddhism, among other meditative traditions.

The problem isn’t merely multi-tasking: it’s the stories we tell, and are told, about why we **need** to be multi-tasking that occlude our vision and make it impossible to enter into encounter, which is the basis of all fruitful human interaction.

One problem is that when you are deeply present with people who are chronic multi-taskers, they get uncomfortable but often aren’t sure why. They feel as though your eyes are drilling holes in their forehead, when all you’re really doing is focusing on them and on what they say.

This kind of deep focus may become a thing of the past. Techno-etiquette may require that you look only at your BlackBerry by talking with someone who’s physically threatened.

]]> By: Steve Yastrow http://yastrow.com/2008/anybody-there.html#comment-287 Steve Yastrow Tue, 06 May 2008 02:59:53 +0000 http://yastrow.com/2008/anybody-there.html#comment-287 A number of people (women) have mentioned to me that their spouses (husbands) are often not 100% present, because they are always distracted by their Blackberry/Treo/iPhone/etc. One woman said she told her husband that his Treo was aptly named, because "there are always three of us when we're together, you, me and it." A number of people (women) have mentioned to me that their spouses (husbands) are often not 100% present, because they are always distracted by their Blackberry/Treo/iPhone/etc.

One woman said she told her husband that his Treo was aptly named, because “there are always three of us when we’re together, you, me and it.”

]]> By: Jayakumar Hariharan http://yastrow.com/2008/anybody-there.html#comment-285 Jayakumar Hariharan Sat, 03 May 2008 10:37:33 +0000 http://yastrow.com/2008/anybody-there.html#comment-285 Being there is the hardest skill to acquire, not just in professional relationships, but in personal relationships too! Jay, from Bangalore Being there is the hardest skill to acquire, not just in professional relationships, but in personal relationships too!

Jay, from Bangalore

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