By Men with Pens
Busy people are suckers for things that promise to save us time. We assume that our days are so jam-packed that any shortcut will immediately boost our careers to the next level.
But you know what? We’re lying to ourselves. Our problem isn’t a lack of time. It’s that most of us use the time we do have badly. That’s why these “time savers” won’t do much for us at all.
Nifty systems for organizing your email. Here’s a different question. Why are you spending so much time on email in the first place? If you’ve achieved Inbox Zero at the end of the day, but haven’t changed anything in the world or moved your career toward one of your big goals, you haven’t done anything. You’ve spent your day on the electronic equivalent of moving paper around. Email is not your job.... More...
