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Prisoners of Technology — Time to get
UNPLUGGED!
Autographed edition
available.
Instead of making life easier, technology has introduced
complexity. Instead of giving us more time with family, technology
has pulled family members away from each other and toward
their devices.
Lisa has published her second book to encourage us to step
away from the keyboard, e-mail, cell phone, and GPS devices
and instead position ourselves to give a loved one a hug or
wave at our neighbor.
Prisoners of Technology —Time
to get Unplugged is a sometimes humorous, sometimes
controversial, always revealing look at the hold technology
has on our lives and what we need to do to regain control
of our lives.
“Prisoners of Technology
doesn’t condemn technology,” stresses Whaley.
“Our technical devices are much too wonderful to receive
condemnation. What this book does is open our eyes to ways
we’ve developed unhealthy attachments to our machines
and offers approaches to scaling down our dependency on them.”
“I spent 22 years at IBM before leaving in 2004 as
a vice president. I have first-hand experience with the burnout
caused by work/life imbalance and overuse of technology.”
While it took 38 years for radio to attract 50 million listeners,
13 years for television to attract 50 million viewers, it
took only 4 years for the Internet to attract 50 million surfers!
“Today, on demand has changed business and our lives,”
stresses Whaley. “We have come to expect everything
on demand, from videos to electronic banking to bill paying
to ourselves. We have become almost robotic. We feel guilty
if we unplug for a little while. Yet we must!”
After coming unplugged herself, Whaley has put her life
in order, started a business, traveled nationwide as a speaker,
and published her first book. Now in her second book, Whaley
invites us to come unplugged, connect with people, and control
our lives.
Hear what other people
are saying about Prisoners of Technology.
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of Technology:
Reclaiming My Soul From
the Lost and Found
“I didn’t think there was anything
profoundly unique or interesting about my life that other
people would actually want to read. I’m not a famous
celebrity or a politician. I’m just like every other
woman out there trying to get through life one day at a time.
But after September 21, 2002, I started rethinking the uniqueness
of my life.”
It was on that day that Lisa J. Whaley watched her seemingly
perfect life unravel before her eyes. As a wife, mother, and
successful IBM executive, she had spent years trying to achieve
the kind of success that others expected from her and that
she demanded from herself. Yet, when she found herself dealing
with an out-of-control teenager who had entered a world of
sex, drugs, and alcohol, as well as a marriage collapsing
under the pressure, her own serious physical and emotional
illnesses, and much more, she experienced a level of despair
she never thought possible and ultimately considered the unthinkable.
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are saying about Reclaiming My Soul From
the Lost and Found.
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My Soul From the Lost and Found:
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