I don't have an alarm clock. If someone needs to wake me up, then I have my BlackBerry next to me.
There was a previous generation of women who rose through the ranks in an environment when work and life were highly compartmentalized. And I think now, because of technology, we're always on. Where there used to be work life and home life, now it's one life. And I think a lot of companies don't recognize that.
Ninety nine percent of the time it's not urgent and to create a culture where you are constantly plugged in and expected to be always-on is to create a culture of burnout.
I think, a lot of times in a big city, you're working even when you're not.
I basically hit the deck running as soon as I wake up and don't turn my brain off till long after the lights are out.
Even when you take a holiday from technology, technology doesn't take a break from you.
Social marketing is now a 24-7 job.
My phone is always in front of me, 24/7.
One doesn't stop seeing. One doesn't stop framing. It doesn't turn off and turn on. It's on all the time.
Our society has reoriented itself to the present moment. Everything is live, real time, and always-on. It’s not a mere speeding up, however much our lifestyles and technologies have accelerated the rate at which we attempt to do things. It’s more of a diminishment of anything that isn’t happening right now—and the onslaught of everything that supposedly is.
It doesn't matter if one is live on-air or sitting through a commercial break. There aren't any on or off switches on a lapel pin microphone; it is always 'hot.'
For me, it's almost a 24/7 process. It's not like I only think when I'm in the office sitting at my desk.
There's no down time any more.
I love technology, and man, is it helpful. But it also means you're always on. Always findable. Always available to 'just take five minutes' to answer an email, tweet a link for someone, check in quickly on FourSquare.
The thing most people don't pick up when they become an entrepreneur is that it never ends. It's 24/7.
