Twilight Zone -- The Last Episode.
Dear Friend,
Cowabunga! I cannot even begin to tell you the amount of e-mails that are continuing to pour in about the last 2 tips I sent out!
Sadly, there are LOADS of really really dumb people out there (Surprise!) and apparently they've been wasting an awful lot of your time.
Just take a look at some of these comments:
Jimmy Sweeny, from Calabasas (Isn't that a cool name?) California said:
"Hey Craig,
I'll keep this quick: I handle my own support (soon to be outsourced this month) in the job seeking market so you can imagine some of the depressed, broke nutballs who try to suck my time for fre.e. I'm so nice, I try to respond to them the best I can. NOT ANYMORE! :) You gave me the go-ahead to dump these fleas with the delete key. Man, what a waste of friggin time. I feel born again and you finally gave me some clarity on the issue. YES! :)"
And Tammy Burkhart from Knoxville, Tennessee said:
"I soooo appreciate you sharing these with us! It helps me to understand these "nuts" a little!
I wish you had wrote him back asking why, if he was so well off, he wanted all the info from you to begin with!?
But then again, that would indeed be a "waste of time" now wouldn't it? lol"
Look, the important thing here, is to clear your slate of as many morons, bozos and selfish idiots as you can.
In fact, next week, my partner and co-host of the Information Marketing U.K. -- http://www.kingofcopy.com/informationmarketingexpo -- are going to be doing a teleseminar called "How To Eliminate ALL Your Dead-Beat High-Maintenance Prospects And Customers From Your Lives, And Why You MUST Do This If You Want To Survive!"
Regarding maximizing your time, I DO want to share with you, one new time-management technique I've implemented this year, that's improved my efficiency dramatically.
Here's what I did:
I went down to Circuit City and bought myself one of those cheap digital timers that counts "backwards" from some pre-set amount of time, down to zero.
Anyhow, when I need to get a bunch of stuff done -- and I need to get it done quickly -- I set that timer for 55 minutes, I put the timer down in front of me on my desk... I hit the "Start" button... and then I sit and work my ass off single-mindedly for 55 minues straight, until that clock hits "zero" and the bell dings.
During this period of time, I DON'T check my e-mails... I DON'T answer the phone... if my kids are home, I close the door to my office and they know NOT to come in... and I'll even make sure I go to the bathroom before I push that little "countdown" button, so nature doesn't call during that intense working time, either.
What's happened because of this?
Well, simply put --
I become as productive, and I get as much done, as...
The sharpest bartender at the busiest nightclub in town on a Saturday night!
I get as much done in that 55 minute intense burst of production, as I normally would do in 4 or 5 hours... and most important -- I feel like a million bucks knowing whatever project was on my mind... is now done!
Using a timer and working "against" the clock has been the most important improvement in my efficiency in a L-O-N-G time.
Fortunately for me, I don't have a tough time figuring out "what" to write, but "forcing" myself to knock things out for one huge stretch of time, is sometimes a challenge.
I'm probably like most entrepreneurs who revel in the "creation" of an idea... the development of the execution strategy... and of course, the excitemment of watching things move forward, but I definitely DO struggle with my patience from time-to-time.
Working against the clock has been a HUGE help for me, and I hope it helps you and your business the same way.
Try it -- for the $5 bucks it's going to cost you to get a timer, you really can't lose either way.
Submitted for your approval, for the last time...in... The Twilight Zone.
Now go sell something,
Craig Garber
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