quick rules for email

some small things i do to increase my productivity and the productivity of others around me:

email:
- only check email once an hour (and turn off all email reminders) ... sometimes i submit to the guilty pleasure and check email every 30 minutes
- when i get an email, i reply right away.   
- jettison IM
- don't check email on my phone unless i need to.   
- respond to all emails before i go to bed every day.   never have anything in my in-box before i fall asleep.   (sometimes i respond to emails with a "i'll get back to you on tuesday on this")
- i try never to CC other people unless absolutely necessary.   it is unfair to waste their time.
- i speed read (or sometimes just delete) emails i am CCed on
- when i reply to emails, i try never to "reply all" as it is a waste of other's time.  i try to respond directly to the person were my email is most targeted.

meetings:
- i always try to have the minimum number of people from my company in mtgs.   if only one person is needed, then two never go.  big waste of time.   sometimes we determine that zero people are needed.
- phone mtgs are often better than in person mtgs.   

to do:
- i to do list everything.   in the last six months i have written and completed 4358 tasks ... that is about 24 tasks a day. 

other:
- jettison TV
- i try to be on-time to all meetings ... i want to respect the time of those around me
- I try to save time of those around you be not giving them things that are half-baked.   i try to communicate so there is not ambiguity so they're not doing double work.

(my biggest pet peeve: when someone does not respect my time)