From the course: A Guide to Setting Boundaries in the Modern Workplace

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You, technology, and boundaries

You, technology, and boundaries

- The year is 1998. I'm 13 years old and I don't have a cell phone. No one in my family does. I arrange times for my friends to call me on the landline or when to meet up on AOL Instant messenger, if the dial-up is working. Fast forward to 2022. My daughter is 13, and to my annoyance, she does have a cell phone and she's on it constantly. Technology has rapidly and radically changed over the last 25 years, and whether we realize it or not, our expectations and boundaries have also radically morphed right along with it. After watching this lesson, you'll be able to instill healthier practices when it comes to technology and communications, both in your professional life and personal life with these four tips. First, if you take nothing else away from our brief time together, please take this. You control your technology. It does not control you. You decide when to turn up the noise or when to turn it off.…

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