Status: Tags: Links: Distractions
Email Unavailability
- Make people who send you e-mails do more work
- If you have an offer, opportunity, or introduction that might make my life more interesting, e-mail me at interesting [at] calnewport.com. For the reasons stated above, I’ll only respond to those proposals that are a good match for my schedule and interests.
- Be more thorough with your emails
- Figure out what the previous email was asking for, and think of how you can best fulfill it
- Take time to describe the process you identified, point out the current step, then emphasize the step that comes next
- Don’t respond. It’s okay to not respond if:
- It’s ambiguous or otherwise makes it hard for you to respond
- Not a question/proposal that interests you
- Nothing good or bad would result if you responded
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