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BradGarland.net: My Letter to Mr. Email

  • Tim McAlpine · 1 year ago
    Boy, I sure like the sound of that. I am such a slave to Mr. E-mail. I have tried In-box Zero and other ways to slow the fire hose, but I still feel overwhelmed. I will be looking forward to your 30-day update.
  • Credit Union Warrior · 1 year ago
    E-mail, It's not you...it's me. :)
  • James Robert Lay · 1 year ago
    Looks like you may have been reading the "4 Hour Work Week". I must sadly admin that I to have been a slave to Mr. Email.

    Check out what Seth Godin wrote today... it's like the two of you planned this out: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/12...

    "More than ever, there's a clear relationship between how new something is and how much it costs to discover that news.

    You can check your email twice a day pretty easily. Once every fifteen minutes has a disruption cost. Pinging it with your pocketphone every sixty seconds is an extremely expensive lifestyle/productivity choice."
  • Tim M · 1 year ago
    I am jealous. I get alerts (system down, system unavailable, ...) from email that I have to follow up on. I am chained to email and it is mean to me...
  • Brad · 1 year ago
    UPDATE: Just had my 1st email check of the day. Had about 40 emails for both accounts, 25% of it was trash, was able to go through and answer all of them and I'm caught up. Wow, that's refreshing.

    Side note: I'm been thinking/desiring to check my email all day long.


    @JRL - Never read it, but I did get my inspiration from awayfind.com.

    @Tim - Join me and break your uncomfortable relationship with emails!
  • Robbie Wright · 1 year ago
    Ever read the 4 hour work week?
  • Brad · 1 year ago
    @Robbie - I haven't read it but I keep up with Tim Ferriss' stuff. I know he's big into delegating. Thanks for the comment brother! BTW, you need to pick up Gear of War 2.
  • Poppy Keant · 6 months ago
    Really great concept. Where did you get this content? Do you write everything yourself?