UnPlug

February 10-20, 2012 I traveled to Guatemala to serve on a building mission team with the NC United Methodist Conference.  As our bus headed up the mountain towards a small village called Chuisaicaba, we stopped to look at a rubber tree farm.  I was on day two of being unplugged from my blackberry and computer and quickly realized how overwhelmed our life can get when we are continuously connected to technology.    

In a recent training session a vp of sales recalled a sales meeting with two of his top performers. While he was talking he noticed both of them had their phones under the table texting/emailing people during the meeting.  He promptly reached over the table, asked for their cell phones and removed the battery for 24 hours.  BOTH of the wives called the vp that night, thanking him for what he did.  WOW!  

Are you too plugged in?  Is it time to set some boundaries to technology so you have more balance and are truly connected the people and events that are important?