http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:27:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-62877 10 Simple, Easy Things To Do This Year That Will Go A Long Way Part 2 « Style Through Intelligence.com Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:08:55 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/#comment-62877 [...] you are going to do weekly J). I won’t expand too much on this, because I will let the master Tim Ferriss here explain it for you. But, make sure you will do it and you will easily have an extra 10 hours a week to yourself. Trust [...] [...] you are going to do weekly J). I won’t expand too much on this, because I will let the master Tim Ferriss here explain it for you. But, make sure you will do it and you will easily have an extra 10 hours a week to yourself. Trust [...]

]]> http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-61103 Businetivity » Batching Minimizes Context Switching Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:27:37 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/#comment-61103 [...] Ferriss suggests that “In a digital world, creating time therefore hinges on minimizing e-mail.”  He advises that corporate employees setup a schedule of two times per day when they will check and reply to email, and setting up an autoresponder to inform people that email will not reach him until those times.  He’s available by phone for emergencies, but by limiting access people think twice before contacting by phone.  And finally if someone does call, Ferriss answers with “This is Tim, how can I help you?” to guide people to the point quickly. [...] [...] Ferriss suggests that “In a digital world, creating time therefore hinges on minimizing e-mail.”  He advises that corporate employees setup a schedule of two times per day when they will check and reply to email, and setting up an autoresponder to inform people that email will not reach him until those times.  He’s available by phone for emergencies, but by limiting access people think twice before contacting by phone.  And finally if someone does call, Ferriss answers with “This is Tim, how can I help you?” to guide people to the point quickly. [...]

]]> http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-55957 Take a Vacation from Your Email! | Life On Track Now Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:38:04 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/#comment-55957 [...] wish I could be more like Tim Ferriss. Through a clever system of automation, deferral of routine tasks to employees, and – let’s [...] [...] wish I could be more like Tim Ferriss. Through a clever system of automation, deferral of routine tasks to employees, and – let’s [...]

]]> http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-55907 Take a Vacation from Your Email! - Stepcase Lifehack Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:00:06 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/#comment-55907 [...] break through on a significant project.Let’s take the whole day off!I wish I could be more like Tim Ferriss. Through a clever system of automation, deferral of routine tasks to employees, and – let’s [...] [...] break through on a significant project.Let’s take the whole day off!I wish I could be more like Tim Ferriss. Through a clever system of automation, deferral of routine tasks to employees, and – let’s [...]

]]> http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-55361 The Not-To-Do List: 9 Habits to Stop Now « WebProfits Inc. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:00:21 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/#comment-55361 [...] and focus on execution of your top to-do’s instead of responding to manufactured emergencies. Set up a strategic autoresponder and check twice or thrice [...] [...] and focus on execution of your top to-do’s instead of responding to manufactured emergencies. Set up a strategic autoresponder and check twice or thrice [...]

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