When keeping up with massive amounts of information is part of your job and daily life how do
you transform a feeling of overwhelm to a sense of abundance and empowerment? Discover
practical insights and strategies to build a positive relationship with information and excel
at work and all your ventures. In Thriving on Overload Ross Dawson provides simple actionable
techniques for staying ahead in an accelerating world. It's all about choosing to thrive on
overload-rather than being overwhelmed by it. He draws on his work as a leading futurist and 25
years of research into the practices that transform a surplus of information into compelling
value. Develop the five intertwined powers that together enable extraordinary performance:
Purpose: understanding why you engage with information enables a healthier relationship that
generates success and balance in your life Framing: creating frameworks that connect
information into meaningful patterns builds deep knowledge insight and world-class expertise
Filtering: discerning what information serves us using an intelligent portfolio of information
sources helps surface valuable signals above the pervasive noise Attention: allocating your
awareness with intent including laser-like focus and serendipitous discovery maximizes
productivity and outcomes Synthesis: expanding our unique capacity to integrate a universe of
ideas yields powerful insight the ability to see opportunities first and better decisions
Discover valuable lessons from some of the world's most extraordinary information masters:
entrepreneurs investors executives and researchers who are completely at home in a world
awash with information capable of transforming vast mines of data into the solid gold of
insight and effective action. Packed with clear guidance useful exercises engaging stories
and handy resources Thriving on Overload will help you build the capabilities that enable you
to outperform your peers and prosper as never before in a world defined by excessive
information.
