First of all, if you haven't heard of Tim Ferriss or his best selling book The Four Hour Work Week, you should read it. It is a solid read full of ready to implement ideas that will change how you think about work and time.
One of the biggest productivity killers around is email. People spend too much time on it. And Tim makes a great point that we all seem to think that we are the only ones who can handle our email. Rather than ask you to change, Tim lays out a complete process for outsourcing email, maintaining contact with those who are important and get this, increase human interaction all while freeing yourself from being a slave to your inbox.
If you've read his book, this post goes much deeper, he even gives you a copy of the rules his assistants use in interacting with clients to model, this is powerful stuff.
Read this post on Tim's blog now and even if you only implement 10% of it you'll save hours a week.
Email doesn't have to be a waste of time ... it is just that people treat it that way!
I SAVE Time with email because responses are short, to the point and I don't get trapped into long conversations about nothing.
As a recognized Time Management expert - I use email to quickly get information, ask for resources, conduct marketing, share resources, stay connected, and solve problems ... to name just a few of the many excellent uses of email technology.
Email is a Tool or a Waste - depending on how YOU use it - so use it wisely!
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Thanks - Paul J. Cline
Posted by: Paul Cline - Founder of Advanced Training Seminars | January 29, 2008 at 04:21 PM