I’ve been using Skype more and more, but as I do, some people just don’t get it. New technology means NEW ways of working. Not OLD wine in new bottles as one of my Ph.D. professors used to keep saying when academic research was just a re-hash of what we already knew…
Skype is powerful technology – but it can also KILL your productivity if you let it. BECAUSE it has IM chat capabilities, some people think they can just send me chat messages and EXPECT A RESPONSE….
Y’see that’s the same as taking all your phone or mobile calls directly – you end up being a receptionist.
Time value… I’ve discussed this so many times before, but it bears repeating…
What do you value your time at?
At the upcoming Exponential Extravaganza event, I’m going to go into this into more detail, but essentially it’s summarised that if you want to make $100,000/year, every hour you need to create $100 of value per hour. If you want to make $250,000/year, you need to create $250 of value per hour…
So how can you do that if you answer IM or TXT messages in real time?
Something to think about… Something someone with an Exponential Mindset™ considers VERY seriously…
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