Comments on: The power of text messaging http://leadonpurposeblog.com/2008/01/29/the-power-of-text-messaging/ Promoting Leadership Principles in Product Management Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:42:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: drjasonadams http://leadonpurposeblog.com/2008/01/29/the-power-of-text-messaging/#comment-211 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:49:55 +0000 http://leadonpurpose.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-211 Mike, I had a very similar experience to Dr. Paul who commented above. I too was cruising on the Caribbean with him and a group of other couples on a seminar based retreat to enhance our marriages. Not more than a couple of hours after we set sail, we received a call from another couple on the ship who had received a text message with the same information.

The amazing part to me was that we were already out of range of the cell towers and other land-based communication towers. The ship had its own satelite link to land communication systems.

While I realize that there are also downsides to having these communication tools so close at hand, such as spending more time in the cyber world rather than in face-to-face communication, there are also so many wonderful benefits.

Thanks for the thought-provoking post.

]]> By: Dr. Paul http://leadonpurposeblog.com/2008/01/29/the-power-of-text-messaging/#comment-22 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:36:36 +0000 http://leadonpurpose.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-22 Mike, I had a similar experience this week as my wife and I both received text messages within a few hours of President Hinckley’s death while we were cruising in the Caribbean. Teens are really into this form of communication, and I’m finding more and more that this is a tool for effective parenting. Some parents resist this trend, but what kinds of powerful things will start happening as teens and their parents find a new way to keep those lines of communication open.

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