Information Ain't Power Anymore

The phrase information is power has long been used to explain political manoeuvres in public life and in businesses. Generations have striven to acquire knowledge and thereby rise up the food chain.
I would suggest that with the advent of Google and more recently mobile devices like the iPhone, information and therefore knowledge on virtually any subject is available to anyone, anyplace anytime.
So if knowledge is no longer the factor that differentiates us then what is?
The answer as I see it, is time, or more precisely our lack of it. It shouldn't be that way because most of us subscribe to more supposedly time saving devices than our parents ever did. Yet we work longer hours, commute further and proudly claim to be "sooo busy"
Strangely this must mean that the very busy are at a distinct disadvantage. When do they find the time and energy to think creatively, research new opportunities and tap into the infinite knowledge library that is just a click away?
More importantly is our busyness and connectedness fooling us into believing we are establishing and maintaining deep and meaningful relationships when really we are just developing relationships a mile wide and an inch deep.
What if the thing that keeps us busy stopped? Would our lives still have meaning?
Each minute of each day we are free to choose how we use our time, its more valuable than ever, let's not waste it.

Define success

Tomorrow I'm going to have some time to reflect, no distractions from IT, colleagues or kids, as I'll be laying in a hospital bed recovering from a minor operation.

Time to reflect is a rare luxury but one worth working for. For much of my working life I've been surrounded by people striving to be successful and I've been one of them, until just a few years ago I was asked;

"How do you define success?"

Despite spending every waking hour apparently working towards it, I couldn't put into words what success meant to me.

Thankfully that question got me thinking about what success looked like to me not just at the end of each day but also at the end of my life when I'm looking back on the deals I've done, money I've earned and the friends I've made or lost.

So now I have a definition and its just three words, I'm not going to write them here because I've learned that what success means to me isn't necessarily 'success' to someone else, but if you are itching to know drop me a line via Twitter.