With the advent of latest technology, has definitely made changes in our work patterns. Today, email communication is considered as the most important task of our life. It seems as if we have all become part of the customer service representatives whose job is regularly communicate via email. Many employees feel that the best way to accomplish their daily goals is to process emails quickly. Reports indicate that less than 20% of all the emails received by a person is actually actionable, rest is just trash.

All these facts and data has surely made me think whether we our controlling technology or is it the other way around. Here are some of the basic solutions to get the control back in your hand:

• Be more responsible towards the amount of time and energy you spend.
• You have the power to choose the way you want to engage with technology
• Set certain limits on when to access technology
• Make sure to turn off the devices especially around people.
• Try and focus on one thing at a time

Although, technology has greatly enhanced our country and economy as a whole. If you use it properly, it will prove to be very good for your life. The primary key is to use technology as a tool to serve you, not the other way around. This goal requires you to make sure shot choices on when to engage with technology to achieve your goals and what is more important in your life. Man is the creator of technology and not vise versa.