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How to Make Your Hard Work Really Count

And find time for what truly matters

Jason W. Womack
Thu, 03/08/2012 - 10:42
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You are a hard worker. But oftentimes at day’s end, it seems you haven’t accomplished much. You want what you do to really count. Here are ways to consistently and incrementally improve performance.

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Don’t overwrite e-mail. Much of your time—probably too much—gets eaten up by e-mail. There’s no need for wringing your hands over every word. Make a conscious effort to keep your e-mails short and sweet. Get to the point quickly and use action verbs in subject lines so that both you and the recipient know what needs to happen before the e-mail is even opened. And while long e-mails waste the time it takes you to write them, keep in mind that the person receiving the e-mail doesn’t want to have to spend so much time reading it, either. Chances are your boss doesn’t want or need a three-paragraph rundown of how your client meeting went. He just wants to know if the client is happy and continuing business with you.

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