Don't Unplug ― Embracing Technology to Improve Your Life

Chris Dancy, the world's most connected person, inspires readers with practical advice to live a happier and healthier life using technology

In 2002, Chris Dancy was overweight, unemployed, and addicted to technology. He chain-smoked cigarettes, popped pills, and was angry and depressed. But when he discovered that his mother kept a record of almost every detail of his childhood, an idea began to form. Could knowing the status of every aspect of his body and how his lifestyle affected his health help him learn to take care of himself? By harnessing the story of his life, could he learn to harness his own bad habits?

With a little tech know-how combined with a healthy dose of reality, every app, sensor, and data point in Dancy's life was turned upside down and examined. What Marie Kondo did for closets, Dancy did to his phone and life—and now he's sharing what he knows. That knowledge includes the fact that changing the color of his credit card helps him to use it less often, and that nostalgia is a trigger for gratitude for him.

A modern-day story of rebirth and redemption, Chris' wisdom and insight will show readers how to improve their lives by paying attention to the relationship between how we move, what we eat, who we spend time with, and how it all makes us feel. But Chris has done all the hard work: Don't Unplug shows us how we too can transform our lives.

CHRIS DANCY is touted as the “Most Connected Man on Earth.” For 25 years, Dancy has served in leadership within technology and healthcare, specializing in the intersection of the two. He has been featured on Showtime, Businessweek, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, BBC, Fox News, and Wired. Corporations that have hired him to speak about the future of tech and health include Microsoft, Fitbit, and Humana. He divides his time between Nashville, TN, and New York City.