Introduction

The Internet has changed the way we understand productivity. If you can remember a time before Google, YouTube, and Amazon, then you may remember needing to trek to a library to find information, open a phone book to find contact data, and travel to a real store (or use a catalog) to buy anything.

Times have changed.

The downside of being able to access the world at the click of a mouse is that we often extend the expectation for immediate results to the rest of our lives. Computers, the Internet, and mobile apps have led to tremendous time savings and undoubtedly contributed to gains in productivity. But the other part of the equation—business development, expanding your contacts, and growing your business—require equal parts tech ...

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