Want One EXTRA Hour Every Day?

Try my ‘Four Hour Workweek‘ strategy…

Last week, I finally bought Tim Ferriss‘ book, “The Four-Hour Workweek” - and read it through in one long sitting.

A lot of it I’m doing already - and it was validation that I’m not alone!

One important point I picked up (and am trying out) is his advice to check email no more often than ONCE A WEEK!

While I have gone down to once a day in the past, I haven’t thought of being so ‘radical’ - and thought it a nice ‘challenge’. As a first step, I’ve started checking email no more frequently than 3 times in a day - a steep drop from the 3 or 4 times an hour while I was online!

Surprisingly enough, this alone has saved me an HOUR every day.

What did I do in that time?

Read story books. And browsed blogs. Last week alone, I’ve read 4 Perry Mason novels, 1 P.G.Wodehouse book, an Enid Blyton story (my daughter’s) and some magazines I subscribe to.

Ineffective. Waste of time. Silly.

I hear you. Maybe even agree.

But think about it - this was time I was wasting ANYWAY… just flipping through emails ineffectively!

At least now I’m doing something I enjoy, while weaning myself off the habit of compulsively checking email. Once the ‘habit’ is broken, I can focus on using the time more productively.

What small change have you made that boosted effectiveness?

What would you do if you had an extra hour every day?

Or three? (That’s the title of my next book, “Your 27 Hour Day” - http://www.your27hourday.com