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Eight steps to thriving on information overload


information overload is a vital issue - not only has there been a dramatic increase in the availability of information, but you now need to be informed on far broader range of issues

Technology is perhaps at the root of the advent of information overload, though it will also be part of the solution, by providing increasingly refined ways of filtering data to present the most valuable information to the right people.


In the end, however, people are the ultimate processors of information

1. Set information objectives.

2. Select your information sources.

3. Set time aside for reading.

4. Filter aggressively.

5. Be open to useful information.

6. People are your best resource.

7. Develop your reading and note-taking skills.

8. Sleep on it!