In his book The Power of Less, Leo Babauta advocated doing less to get more done. By applying three simple tricks from the book, you can tame the biggest time tyrants of our day—multi-tasking and e-mails.
Define your three most important tasks (MITs) each day. Do not do anything else until you have completed your MITs—no e-mails, no phone calls, no Twitter.
Even computers slow down when performing multiple tasks simultaneously. What makes you think that you can do a better job? Work on your MITs, and only your MITs, one task at a time.
Check your e-mails after your morning break and process it to empty. Do it, delete it, delegate it or delay it. For the latter, add it to your to do list so that you can remove it from your inbox. Do the same thing after your afternoon break.
Try it. It works.
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