the reader’s time. Whenever I get a
long email from a new employee, I ask
myself if things could have been expressed more concisely. He or she has spent
a lot of their own time composing it and now it’s consuming a lot of my time, as
well, since I have to read it. And time is often a boss’s most valuable
commodity.
Rather than send long emails, save more substantial communication
for a phone call or meeting.
Ryan Holmes is the founder and CEO of HootSuite, a social media management
tool for businesses.
www.lewishowes.com Focus on what you are great
at and hire everyone else to
do the rest.
Lewis Howes is a best selling author, entrepreneur, and former professional
Arena League football player. He is the host of The School of Greatness, a talk
show distributed as a podcast.
www.FirepoleMarketing.com The big lie of time management is that you can't
manage time, but you can manage focus and energy. In other words, an hour will
never be a minute longer or shorter than an hour, but
what you can accomplish in
that hour is dependent on your energy and inspiration. So how do you create an
effective work routine? Simple: by choosing what you want it to be, rather than
letting others dictate it for you. Except that most
people do exactly the opposite,
through one simple (terrible) habit: they check their email first thing in the
morning, often before they even get out of bed. This means that their focus and
energy are going where others are directing it, rather
than where they stand to
make the greatest impact. The much better approach is to stay away from email
until you've accomplished at least one thing that you feel is worthwhile, and only
then turn your attention to what everyone else needs from you. I can't say that
I'm always 100%
successful at this, but I do it most days, and those are the days
when I accomplish the most.
Danny Iny, founder of marketing education firm Firepole Marketing, is the
bestselling author of Engagement from Scratch!
and The Audience Revolution
.
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