Each day for a few weeks, I’ll give you a new tip on how to get more done with the same hours you already have. Here’s the next tip:
Take Control Of Your Inbox
A whole book could be written on the topic of managing email (there have been, many of them), but these would likely be the highlights:
Immediately answer any email that can be replied to quickly. Quickly means less than a couple minutes.
Keep your replies short when possible. Lose the ’small talk’ and get to the point (but maintain sincerity). As much as you don’t like writing lengthy emails, the person receiving one probably likes reading them a lot less.
Delete any emails you haven’t responded to after a month. Holding on to them does nothing but make you feel guilty every time you open your inbox. Guilt is an action-killer, so get rid of the old emails and get rid of the guilt!
Each day for a few weeks, I’ll give you a new tip on how to get more done with the same hours you already have. Here’s the next tip:
Set Aside A Specific Block Of Time For Consuming Info On The Web
It’s time to end the wasting of hours upon hours of your valuable time mindlessly on stuff that really requires no more than 30 minutes each day.
I’m talking about everything on the Web that you do to consume information – reading emails, checking Facebook, Twitter and digg, reading blogs, the news – everything!
Give yourself 30 minutes to an hour each day to do nothing but enjoy it, take care of it, or however you look at it. But once you’ve used up your time, don’t go back to it at all until later in the day or evening, once you’ve accomplished a number of other tasks.
Keep these things in their place and quit letting them control your life!
Give up checking this stuff every 10 minutes. Not only is that a momentum-killer, but chances are, the rest of the world isn’t going to sit at a standstill waiting on your next Facebook update. 
