Have you ever heard that phrase, “you should try to be brilliant at being boring?” With all of the technological advances in computers, hundreds of channels on the cable TV, and music any way that you want it, don’t you find more people quickly getting bored at what they do? People surf the internet looking for that funny new You Tube video, only to be quickly bored and searching for their next two minutes of laughter. Every night, loyal Facebook members log in to check out the days events looking for a quick picture of their friends, and then shut themselves down after reading 10 or 20 posts unless something really catches their attention. With nothing to do, Twitter in its own right is simply a way for many to just idly throw their thoughts our there if they’ve got nothing better to do. Does all of this instant excitement make it harder for people to go to work without being bored? Many years ago in my corporate life I...
