Comments on: Is Email Stunting Your Productivity?

By: Keeping It Fresh as a Freelance Writer || Beyond the Rhetoric ||

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:45:22 +0000

[...] are two differing schools of thought when it comes to maintaining (or increasing) your productivity, especially as a dot com [...]

By: Did You Know: Email Is Wasting Your Time | BlueFur.com

Did You Know: Email Is Wasting Your Time | BlueFur.com — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:48:42 +0000

[...] wrote about this same topic some time back on Beyond the Rhetoric, but I feel it is worth revisiting for several reasons. Many of us, whether we work for ourselves [...]

By: Super Affiliate

Super Affiliate — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:28:29 +0000

I also started reading this book as well. I’m really liking it so far!

I haven’t been online much for the past two weeks, but pretty much everything has been running the same. Email and IM sure do take up a decent amount of time… but so does wasting time watching TV

By: Michael Samuel

Michael Samuel — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:41:59 +0000

I check my email nearly every 4 days because I give it low priority. I like to Instant Message people instead! Thanks for writing

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:37:28 +0000

I think he means that he doesn’t have to keep going to his inbox to check to see if there’s any email, not that he’s not dependant on email…

By: Gregg Gordon

Gregg Gordon — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:25:13 +0000

I do check my work email as soon as I hear the signaling tone for a new email, but that is just to check the title as I am responsible for the vital tools used to by a large number of people to do their jobs. If it isn’t an immediate priority, the email likely will not get opened for hours due to the volume I receive and the other priorities I have. That said, if you stop me in the hall or instant message me about an issue, I will tell you to put it in an email so that it does get it’s place in line.

As for home email, I had a hard drive crash several months ago, and I have yet to get around to setting up all my emails in Outlook. For personal items, instant messenger is often more appropriate.

By: Gregg Gordon

Gregg Gordon — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:19:24 +0000

Maybe I’m missing something, but installing a toolbar so you don’t have to check email, I don’t thing that indicates that you are any less dependent on your email, rather it would seem to mean that you confirmed to yourself that you must know immediately when you get a new piece of mail rather than being able to wait?

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:58:25 +0000

I’m almost always logged into Gmail, and I use gTalk for Windows to get alerts when a new email comes in. I usually end up reply right away to anything I get though…

By: Etienne Teo

Etienne Teo — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:15:09 +0000

I don’t usually check my mails because they are of less priority to me. maybe 2 days once.

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:21:58 +0000

“I’ve found that some of the people I normally email are totally startled when I call.”

You mean like me?