The Age of Speed - Learning to Thrive in a More-Faster-Now World By Vince Poscente

This is a book about speed: what we think and feel about it, how we can use it, and the increasing importance it plays in our lives. The book is a quick, 215-page read (one would hope that a book on speed would read quickly).

It shares many interesting and thought provoking ideas about speed and its implications for us as a society, in our organizations and for us personally. Most of these insights come through short stories and examples. This is a tried and true approach, and it works well here.

One of the most interesting sections of the book concerns the myths of multi-tasking and how to deal with that challenge. While just a short section of the book, I found it useful as I continue to struggle with these demands personally.

Overall this was a readable and enjoyable book. While I wish it delivered a bit more directly on the promise of the subtitle that I would "learn to thrive", I still recommend the book for what it is - a valuable treatise on speed and how it is increasingly impacting our lives.

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