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So one of my friends was supposed to attend my BootStrapper Venture Summit and he wasn’t able to make it because as he was crossing the street to make it to the event, he was checking his crackberry and walked into an oncoming cab - which ran over his foot. He ended up in the hospital.

Now this proves an important point - SMART phones are the devil. Yes, you heard me, Blackberries, Gphones, Iphones, Treos’s and other such toys are the devil.

I, myself am a recovering TREO addict. It’s sad to say and I’m ashamed to admit it but I too was once addicted to those horrid devices. Just thank the lord and the great people at Our Lady of of GSM Church for being my strength. I just went through the steps and am proud to say I’ve been clean for over a year.

I pray to the almighty that all of you out there have the inner strength to break your addictions … and save your feet!

PS. This friend of mine all of you know well as he is a writer on Bootstrapper…

I think all of us entrepreneurs need to learn time management. I’ve gotten better at it, my spam filter helps, email helps. I stopped using AIM for the most part and just rely on email and phone. AIM kills too much time. It can take 20 minutes on aim to achieve what you get from a 20 second email. I stopped using PDA’s = addiction = i don’t want my email 24/7. I’m addicted to my laptop enough. When i put my laptop away i want a friggin break. PS. I was addicted to treo’s for 4 years and they caused me many personal issues. The 12 step program for TREO addiction was really tough too!

I think i could use an assistant to take care of scheduling, basic follow up, gatekeepering on random phone calls, organizational stuff and paperwork. I think an intern or asst could help. I used to have a bunch of interns at varying times but none right now. I’m doing a craigslist posting and hope to find someone. Maybe i can even find someone to work for course credit (free)

Richie