Jun 11
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Over Information
As a creative professional we are constantly being bombarded by too much information. We must learn to be the gatekeepers of what information we need to know and that which we don’t. It seems to be coming at us from all angles … email, magazine articles, websites, videos, blogs, articles posted on Facebook or Twitter, apps and texts. Learning how not to waste your own time with the wrong information will not only help you maximize your time it will help you become more excited about the important content that you do take the time to read.
Trying using these tips to streamline your incoming information.
1) Sources - Learn to recognize the sources of information that you trust and those that you do not. If you are getting information daily from annoying sources, take the time to remove yourself from their subscriber list.
2) Protect Your Email Address - Don’t give out your email address unless you really want the information. A great example is when you are at a store buying something. Those old enough can remember a time when they asked for your home phone number, and then it moved to zip code, now it is often your email address.
3) Google Alerts - Google Alerts is a great tool, but if you are no longer interested in the topic, why waste your time sifting through daily emails about a topic that you were focused on three jobs ago. Go to Google Alerts and edit what is coming to you.
4) Recommendations - Be selective with the contacts that recommend that you read something. Some people just pass along articles after reading the first sentence. Learn who is a valued source and who is not.
5) Pay It Forward - Don’t pass on bad information and links that waste others time.
6) Designated Deletes - Create a designated time in your work week to delete junk mail. I have gotten so good at recognizing what email is junk and what is important that I usually never open the junk mail and delete it once a week.
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