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By: Mark D

Mark D — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:04:31 +0000

I have to agree with Leo and AlmostGotIt. It is like the saying, ~”The phone is there for your convenience, not the caller’s.”~ (Dale Carnegie, I think). As I remember it, this statement was in the context of not interrupting meetings to take a phone call. The same is really true for e-mail. E-mail is not an instantaneous form of communication though many treat it that way. If your CEO or most valuable client were standing in your office/cube, you would not tell him, “hold that thought while I take this call.” That’s why Ma-Bell invented VoiceMail. Likewise, you should not have to interrupt an important project or even an important e-mail response or call just to respond to another.

If someone is changing a meeting on short notice, it is their responsibility to make sure everyone knows, not the recipients’’. And it is their problem to pass on information to people who could not make it. There was a department I worked with at one company that had a sign posted that applies here, “lack of planning on your part does not constitute and emergency on our part.” Covey’s principle of First Things First tells us its the important things that pay off. Even things that others think are Urgent are not always important.

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By: almostgotit

almostgotit — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:49:33 +0000

But Peter, I *do* only answer my phone once or twice a day. I’ve actually got a message on it now that briefly explains that, as I work at home, I am not always available to take phone calls but will gladly return any messages at the end of the day (and yes, I judiciously give out my cell phone to those family members and clients who really must have access to me in between)

Re email: I learned this brilliant tip for emptying as I go… each email is either read and discarded; read, replied to and discarded; or read and forwarded to myself to keep it near the top of my email queu so it reminds me to take the action it requires.

By: Leo Babauta

Leo Babauta — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:11:53 +0000

@Peter: It may seem absurd, but it’s never hurt me, or others I know who do it. In most cases, if there is something that urgent, people will call, especially if you tell everyone you know that you will only check email at certain times — then they’ll know to call if there’s something urgent.

But as it says in the article, choose the tip that works for you. Everyone’s situation is different. If that tip doesn’t work for you, choose another.