One of the things I have noticed that takes up an insane amount of my time is email. Especially with my current employer, they send emails to the entire group about having a headache, its almost maddening. I just came across this article on Tim Ferris’s blog in his archive titled The Holy Grail: How to outsource the Inbox and never check email again
Basically, Tim has trained his assitant to think like him, summarize his emails, and spend 4-10 minutes synchronizing with him. This really allows him to be anywhere, spend very little time in his inbox, and still achieve what he needs to achieve.
This is something I am going to attempt over the next few months. I wonder if Tim has any tips on training my assistant to think like me?
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I remember back when I was working for one of my old employeers which was a large bank. The CEO would have his admin do this for him. So in the mornings he would summerize all the emails from the night before and just before he would leave for the day. This really cut down on the drain email has on your productivity.