“When you kill time, remember that it has no resurrection.” A.W. Tozer I just finished reading Cal Newport’s excellent book Deep Work and I’m ashamed. Apparently, when it comes to protecting your time and productivity I’ve been operating at a kindergarten level. Newport is a tenured professor at Georgetown who’s written 4 books, is actively involved in research (he’s a computer scientist), and does it all that without working past 5:30. He’s… Continue reading
Seriously, You Need to Stop Checking Email in the Morning
At the risk of repeating what I think is becoming increasingly obvious, we have all become idiots. Or at the very least, victims of the urgent. Let me explain. And, by the way, if you do what I am going… Continue reading
15 ways to spend less time on email
The challenge of keeping up with email is getting worse, not better. And even though you might have a “zero InBox” goal, you might also be spending more time reading, sorting, responding, and deleting than you want. Last year, McKinsey… Continue reading
