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Cutting the Email Leash Part 2: Tips for Overcoming Compulsive Email Distraction

24 May 2007 Jay (Jason Van Orden) 11 Comments

Recently I wrote about my commitment to overcoming email addiction in order to be more productive and free up mental capacity for more important things. I wanted to give an update on how things are going.

My goal was to check only twice a day on weekdays and never first thing in the morning. Since writing that post I’ve not once checked my email first thing in the morning. This in of itself has been a great improvement. It was such a compulsive habit, but it really wasn’t a great start to the day. I find I get so much more momentum when I work on a solid business development task for the first hour or two of the day.

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IBM 27 | The 4-Hour Workweek

19 May 2007 Jay (Jason Van Orden) 12 Comments

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Recently Sterling met Tim Ferris, the author of The Four-Hour Work Week—little did he know how this would change his life.

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Cutting the Email Leash

09 May 2007 Jay (Jason Van Orden) 12 Comments

I’m far too addicted to my email. For someone who is trying to build a lifestyle of freedom through the internet, I give far too much time and attention to my email. I just got back from a 7-day cruise in The Caribbean (and now I’m addicted to scuba diving, too). Internet access on the cruise costs 0.50 a minute and adds up fast. After one night of that, I decided my email was just going to have to wait even if the world imploded as a result. Guess what…

…the world didn’t implode.

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