A few basics for avoiding distractions and the wasting of time.
1. Check your email just a couple times a day and train the people you correspond with not to cc you on endless threads.
2. Avoid instant messaging which tends to promote a focus on unessential details.
3. Avoid meetings and when you must have them, make sure they have scheduled end times.
4. Adopt a low information diet and read only the headlines in the news.
5. Develop template responses for customer service and supplier or media queries. Empower employees to use them.
6. Calculate how much your time is worth by the hour, and outsource administrative and research tasks to people who will handle them for less.
Tips and advice was taken from Tim Ferriss, the author of the 4 Hour Work Week and productivity guru.
