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E Tip-3 E-Mail Auto Responders to Break E-Mail Addiction

Posted by reallifee on Feb 20, 2009 in E Tips, Entrepreneurship, Internships & Jobs, Resources, Social Media & Technology | 1 comment

THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: E-Mail Addiction Has Reached Epidemic Proportions. If You Don’t Take Proper Precautions, It Will Soon Take Over the Planet. Seriously. According to a Kings College study that Tim Ferriss often cites, e-mail and phone distractions lower people’s IQ more than drugs. Crazy! In response to this national crisis, I have been developing a Complete E-Mail Detox Program that will be revealed next week. But to get the ball rolling, I wanted to share a few effective e-mail auto responders that can help you break the vicious cycle of treating your e-mail message indicator like a fire alarm. Once you set the expectation that you will...

E Tip-How can I KEEP “First Things First”?

Posted by reallifee on Feb 9, 2009 in E Tips, Psychology, Resources | 0 comments

This year, I will be different. This week, I will be different. Today, I will be different. We tell ourselves again and again and again… but often we don’t see any lasting change because we don’t develop systems that will help us to be different. Many people like the idea of “Put First Things First” from Stephen R. Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, but how many people do you see consistently maintaining the important when the urgent starts to encroach on their lives? Well, when I saw the “First Things First” document and checkbox list to match from one of my mentors, Tonya Ramsey, I was blown away! I knew...

E Tip-Pursue Radical Simplicity

Posted by reallifee on Jan 15, 2009 in E Tips, Psychology, Resources | 0 comments

OK–I know I just talked about Study Hacks in my last post, but I couldn’t resist letting you know about, “Start Your Semester Off Right By Quitting Something.” In this blog post, Cal shares that: “As you know, I’m a fiend for a simplicity. I think doing less is the miracle cure for the modern student life. It gives you time affluence which makes you happy. It’s also the only route to becoming famous at something, which will also make you happy. People often mistake my love for simplicity, however, as a love for inactivity. Nothing could be further from the truth. The goal of my philosophy is to keep significant percentages of your time...

E Tip-Study Smarter, Not Harder

Posted by reallifee on Jan 6, 2009 in E Tips, Resources | 0 comments

One of the best ways to save time is to know who to call… or e-mail… or read online… you get the idea. That’s why I’ll periodically introduce you to other time strategists with special expertise. To kick off the resources section, I’d like to introduce you to the one–the only–Cal Newport. If you are a high school, college, or graduate student, or you ever have to study for anything from an insurance test to a certification exam, you will benefit from reading Cal’s blog: Study Hacks: Demystifying Student Success. Cal is an incredibly smart (think fourth year PhD student at MIT–yikes!) individual who is also...