First, let's look at the definition of addiction:
Addiction — The state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.
Now let's look at a "so true and funny it hurts" look at what you do on a daily basis.
Just like Jeff Foxworthy and his "you might be a red neck" jokes…
- If you can't sit at your computer longer than an hour (or even ten minutes) without checking email…you might be an email addict!
- If you sleep with a portable device next to your pillow so you will not miss an email during the night…you might be an email addict!
- If you have to hit the Check Email button every time you walk by your computer… you might be an email addict!
- If you take your Blackberry with you when you go to the bathroom…you might be an email addict!
- If the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning, get back home, before you go to sleep, after dinner, after having sex, before you leave the house…you might be an email addict!
- If you're on your way to a restaurant/movie/kid's soccer game and realize you forgot your Blackberry, and you go back home to get it…you might be an email addict!
- If you check your email while eating, driving, watching a movie, in bed, taking a shower, attending church, grocery shopping, having a heart attack…you're definitely an email addict!
OK, we all had a good laugh at our crazy addiction to email. However like many things that claim to make our lives more efficient, they actually suck the time and life out of us.
The solution:
Over the years we have developed a system that has become very effective. We will eventually put it into a report to share with you, but for now a great system and philosophy to follow can be found in this report by Tim Ferris.
Next up in our series, the #1 reason to have a business. Do you know what it is?
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