Do you screen or scream

do you scream or scream

what do i even mean

i don’t know about you but the virtual

world was only something of a

distraction for me an annoyance

it was a nuisance checking my phone

constantly making sure i didn’t miss a

message notification

never mind the constant stream of emails

my screen time would you believe was 12

to 14 hours per day every day

to contextualize that a recent study in

the u.s found that people spend around

three hours 15 minutes per day and i was

12 to 14 hours

crazy

many times i screamed on the inside what

am i doing with my life on my phone all

the time on the screen all the time

exhausting

anyway

i know i sound so anti-social being on

my screen time all the time

i should point out i’m actually all

about people i love people the energy

the vibe the physical and social

interaction i had actually spent hours

driving and meeting people both

personally and professionally i would do

it every day

sacrificed and i must add time away from

my family

to me though it was essential it was

part of being successful embracing the

grind hard work pays off right i was

being productive efficient building

relationships on the go super network or

super connector or was i

was i really building meaningful

productive relationships or was i being

a full very busy fool

my work-life balance wasn’t unbalanced

24 hours a day so much screen time i had

to sleep spend time with my family the

maths don’t add up

i was screaming on the inside daily

anyway the word changed

global pandemic

zumbam

i didn’t even know what zoom was in

march 2020 within one week i crash

course that held five webinars and

became the go to the expert this was the

new normal and i leaned into it i

embraced it me and millions of others

simultaneously around the world the

energy shift was amazing i could feel it

i could see it it had superseded

anything i had ever experienced before

in the in the normal world

this was very special and momentum was

building very quickly and that excited

me

i formed relationships connections

friendships all over the world all

virtually

this new concept of building

relationships changed my thinking

forever did i actually want to meet

people again

i wasn’t sure i did

thought provoking right

the dynamics of connecting and

communicating changed daily

i personally just flowed like water with

it at ease

i was in the virtual world and it felt

good every single meeting i had a

definiteness of purpose turning up with

intention not like the casual back the

back physical coffee meetups that were

so unproductive

i’m also aware now that a good energy

and vibe is required for an online

meeting it has forced me to level up not

just show up

but show up my best self every time

i suggest now that virtual emotional

intelligence is a thing

showing up virtually it’s a thing

this empowered me to be my best self

has anyone listening to this felt the

same thing

my whole mindset shifted and now i

actually was being super productive i

left my 95 and rocketed under the

stratosphere i was a different place now

mentally and virtually

the way we communicate has changed

forever virtual coffees chat rooms

two-way audio apps

i know it all sounds crazy but it’s real

and it’s happening and it’s right now

now

is the time

a moment in history i would suggest

now i don’t even have to leave home

drive 500 miles a week spending fortunes

and coffee and lunch

having to leave my wife and children i

don’t have to do it anymore

valuable time that i can never ever get

back and i always find that very tough

personally

time is precious and the virtual world

has taught me that

time is precious

i take time to listen more now and that

statement will make a few people listen

to this smile

in fact i am less than the other people

much more than i ever have

i’d suggest as a result we are now

living in a world where we’ve been

forced to listen more

that has to be a good thing right

my late father-in-law used to say to me

gary

you have one mouth and two years for a

reason you’re supposed to listen twice

as much as you talk i never got it i

like talking

go figure

it’s a strange old world we love them

but strange good never ever ever in my

wildest dreams did i ever consider that

somebody on the other side of the world

was as close to me as living next door i

speak to people from all continents

every day a uk time clock’s not even

enough anymore in my home i need the

world clocks such as my communication

around the globe

i spend quality time on my screen now

i’m not screaming anymore

i think it’s actually a good thing we’ve

been forced to embrace all things online

after all physical things have bands

limits restrictions but not the virtual

world

freedom is a beautiful thing and i feel

free as a bird it has changed how i view

the world forever i interact forever how

i develop friendships forever the

virtual world has changed me forever

how strange does that sound that i’m

favoring virtual over physical

i’d add that i’m actually a very tactile

person who loves meeting people hugging

shaking hands maybe i’m virtually

tactile i don’t know think about that

and before anyone thinks that i’ve gone

crazy and i’m this virtual creature only

now wait for this

wait for this here’s the twist in the

tail and this idea for you

i think it has also enhanced my physical

and personal relationships the virtual

world

the ones i do have

how so

as time is precious i only meet for the

relationships and the meetings that are

of real high value

not having casual back to back

minimalist coffees i qualify all my

meetings both personal and professional

so when i do meet up i am being super

productive i am adding high value the

outcomes are better for both

that has to be good right

do you like this new world that we live

in today

do you like this new world we live on

today i’d like you to think about that

do you scream

or scream