One of the things
that has saved me time
over the years
is
touching tasks only once.
For example,
I don’t open emails
until I have time to answer them.
I’ll scan my inbox for urgent messages.
Then I will save the rest of the emails
to process at a later time.
When I process those emails,
I read them,
answer them if I can,
and
forward the emails
I can’t answer.
This saves me time
because I only have to read them
once.
If I read the emails
and set them aside for ‘later’,
I’d have to read them twice.
That might not seem
like a huge time saver.
It is, however.
Because I receive thousands of emails
a day.
If you can,
arrange your work flow
so you touch tasks only once.