Time Management - What I Do?
Greetings All!
I started my day as usual, running down a short checklist of things to do first. In case you’re interested, that list included:
- Check the support email account for unanswered emails
- Check those RSS feeds that I have subscribed and see what happens in the Internet marketing industry
- Glance at my email
- Read for 1 hour
- Write for 1 hour
- Review my prioritized to-do list
That’s the short checklist that I’ve already run through today.
I glance at my email, first skimming the “from” field, and then skimming the “subject” field. I think it is important that your email clearly identify you. The subject should also be VERY clear because what I did next was select and delete 85% of the email in my inbox.
My special support email account allowed me to know what are those important communications were. It also gave me greater confidence that I could delete MOST email from other account without worrying about missing something.
Speaking of the importance of your email subject. You should clearly state out what the email is about. If you don’t do it, there’s a good chance that someone getting hundreds or thousands of emails per day WILL delete your email unread.
By the way, I also “mass delete” most email because it is necessary for survival. When I first open an email, I decide what to do with it, and often then write that action right into my calendar.
———————–
I check my RSS readers and see what are the latest news and movement that happens in the Internet marketing industry, catch up and be in touch with the trend is one of the best way for you to stay one step ahead of your competitors.
———————–
I set aside an hour for reading early each morning. That hour is spent reading the next document that I ABSOLUTELY must get off of from my computer.
It can be an ebook, newspaper, magazine, white paper or some offline publication. I just set aside that time because in that one hour, I get more read than I would in a day of reading while doing other things.
———————–
I set aside an hour for writing. This time was spent writing weekly MBA digest and editing one article that should be very well-received. So, this morning I finished polishing all one article, and they are now ready for publication.
———————–
Next, I turned to my “to do” list and identified what on the list I really should do next. I looked for things that REALLY needed getting done.
I also looked for one or two things that would take very little time to finish off, so that I could get the pleasure of quickly finishing those things, and then mark them DONE!
So that’s how I started my day. I also reviewed my plans for the rest of the day, and for the next week in the process.
———————
On the blog section, this week I also posted:
Till next time — Promote and Prosper!
Cheers
Ann
