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"Busy" is another word for "ineffective"

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Power tips for sending email
  - Be careful to use reply to all, because it might interrupt to many people
  - Subject : Change topic to make it more specific
  - Body : Use only bullets if possible and make it brief
  - If you make people need to scroll you mail on the phone, that means the email includes too much information.
  - Before you send out a email, count to 10
    - Check spelling errors, avoid emotions, and think again to send that email at the more appropriate time.

Reduce interruptions with 1:1 meetings
  - "Quick questions" creates switches
  - Set a specific time to have 1:1 meetings, try not to interrupt others when something hits your mind
  - Agenda is simple : what's your question do you have for me?
  - Invitation :
    - Agree on specific action items
    - Avoid vague statements
    - Be specific

Positive procrastination vs Negative procrastination
  - Negative procrastination
    - Pushing off tasks indefinitely
  - Positive procrastination
    -Committing to a future date
  - Using Positive Procrastination : schedule calendar
    - Always use a calendar
    - schedule the latest date - 5%
    - Commit : a contract to yourself
     - When putting something on calendar, always tell yourself : it's a commitment to yourself
    - Use a "perhaps" list to record something you "might" do
      - Running all the ideas you have

Voicemail and email expectations
  - What does "ASAP" mean?
  - Transition from the culture of "now" to the culture of "when"
    - Establishes a reasonable expectation
  - How often should you check your voicemail?
    - Leave a notification to check voice mail, once or twice a day, for those come after the last check, check them tomorrow
  - How often should you check your email?
    - Make your colleagues know, you cannot respond every email immediately, but you can reply within one day, or four hours.

How to deal with feeling overwhelmed
  - two types of overwhelmed
    1. Having too much to do
      - Email : many people don't know how to escape from those
        -Pick a date in the past and power archive
      - Delegate or decline
        - Delegate : Is someone better suited to accomplish the task?
        - Decline : Say no or find the next appropriate window
    2. Life events
      - Stop
      - Change your expectation for yourself
  - Make Positive Changes
    1. Work Environment
    2. Exercise more
    3. Change your diet
    4. Get more sleep

Inbox and Outbox
  - Inbox : Unprocessed items
    - Unprocessed, unresolved
      1. What are you going to do with it?
      2. When are you going to do it?
      3. Where does it belong?
    - Want everything to go into inbox
    - once a week to bring the inbox to 0
  - Outbox
    - Items that belong to someone else
    - Create outboxed for everyone

Remove the "busy" tag
  - "Busy" is another word for "ineffective"
  - Less time, more achievements
  1. Focus on results, not activity : What did you accomplish yesterday
  2. Underspend your time : schedule yourself time to do nothing, to rest