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Don't Unplug

How Technology Saved My Life and Can Save Yours Too

Chris Dancy
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Pages
256
Year
2018
Language
English
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group

About

Chris Dancy, the world's most connected person, inspires readers with practical advice to live a happier and healthier life using technology

In 2002, Chris Dancy was overweight, unemployed, and addicted to technology. He chain-smoked cigarettes, popped pills, and was angry and depressed. But, when he discovered that his mother kept a record of almost every detail of his childhood, an idea began to form. Could knowing the status of every aspect of his body and how his lifestyle affected his health help him learn to take care of himself? By harnessing the story of his life, could he learn to harness his own bad habits?

With a little tech know-how combined with a healthy dose of reality, every app, sensor, and data point in Dancy's life was turned upside down and examined. Now he's sharing what he knows. That knowledge includes the fact that changing the color of his credit card helps him to use it less often, and that nostalgia is a trigger for gratitude for him.

A modern-day story of rebirth and redemption, Chris' wisdom and insight will show readers how to improve their lives by paying attention to the relationship between how we move, what we eat, who we spend time with, and how it all makes us feel. But, Chris has done all the hard work: Don't Unplug shows us how we too can transform our lives.

Related Subjects

  • Science & Technology
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Adult Nonfiction
  • Healthy Living
  • Health & Fitness
  • General
  • Self-Management
  • Self-Help

Reviews

"Part memoir, part advice book on how to use technology to improve your finances, career, health and more."
amNewYork
"Chris offers a raw and personal view of how technology can consume you, and through his experiences offers insights to how you should consume technology to live a healthy life."
Miriam McLemore, Enterprise Strategist Amazon, former CIO Coca-Cola
"I listen intently whenever I get to hear Chris Dancy speak as I know what I'm hearing will be the truth."
Kristin Hildebrand, founder, Wone, former global creative concept director, Nike

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