Ryan Martinsen

Productivity Saver – Less email

Posted by Ryan  March 25, 2005

I’ve read numerous articles about how cutting back on your e-mail usage can save you loads of time. It was one of those things I believed, but was reluctant to do because frankly, it’s easy to check my e-mail. It’s also easy to visit a forum or two and waste some time. So today I closed Thunderbird, deleted shortcuts from the desktop and quick launch toolbar leaving only the shortcut in the start menu. Then, everytime I wanted to check my e-mail or read a forum I put a mark down on a piece of paper. In a short amount of time I had 10 marks on the paper. 5 for e-mail, 5 for the forums. With my average time spent doing e-mail and reading forums I figure I saved at least 2 hours. Maybe more. Wow! It does work. I’m making this permanent. Marking a paper will probably not stay permanent, but cutting back will!

Efficient Email, by Steve Pavlina.

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Quotes for the day

Posted by Ryan  February 2, 2005

… or the night as the case may be.

These few quotes were collected from Adam Curry, Steve Pavilina, and some other places I don’t remember.

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.” – Goethe

“It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.” – John Andrew Holmes

“The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.” – Robert Frost

It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don’t have to. – Walter Linn

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. – Elbert Hubbard

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