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ZEN EMAIL
CHECK EMAIL LESS THAN 2 HOURS A DAY
        PRIORITY MAPPING




            @ashpodel
Target Behavior
Get graduate students at Stanford (lets call ours Dave) to check email less than 2
hours a day.
EFFECTIVE IN GETTING DAVE TO CHECK LESS EMAIL




                                                  Set up an
                                                  autoreply asking
                                                  people to not send                                                     Create email filters         Disconnect email
                                                  any more email                                                         based on common              from mobile device
                                                                                                                         patterns


                                     Outsource to India            Sign up for a new
                                                                   email address and                                    Set aside a fixed
                                                                                                                                                                           Buy a wrist watch
NOPE. WE CANT GET DAVE TO DO THIS




                                                                   delete the old                                       hour a day to
                                                                                                                                                                           (to stop checking
                                                                                               Hire a secretary to      process email
                                                                                                                                                                           time on on phone)
                                                                                               read email




                                                                                                                                                                                                     YUP. WE CAN GET DAVE TO DO THIS
                                                          Use a Nike                                                                            Check email only
                                                          fuelband                   Set up a 10 cent                   Stop using a            on alternate days
                                                          equivalent for             reward for all                     personal computer                                  Log out of email
                                                          mental health              emails deleted                     and only use                                       account after every use
                                                                                     during a day                       shared computers


                                                                                          Install a plug-in that                                  Use a stopwatch           Have Dave watch
                                                                                                                         Dave rewards             set to a fixed time       the Inbox Zero
                                             Peer group                                   blocks Gmail except for
                                                                                                                         himself with a treat     when checking             video
                                             charges a fine if                            designated times
                                                                                                                         for all Inbox Zero     email
                                             Dave is seen                                                                days
                                             checking email
                                             more than once a          Set up a
                                                                       permanent out of                                                         Install an app that
                                             day                                                      Have Dave read
                                                                       office autoreply                                                         monitors email use
                                                                                                      Getting Things
                                                                                                      Done


                                                                                                                                                                            Unsubscribe from
                                      Disconnect from                                                                                                                       ALL promotional
                                      the internet when                                                                                                                     emails
                                      working                                                                                                      Use calendar for
                                                                                                                                                   time sensitive
                                                                                                                                                   tasks




                                                                             NOT EFFECTIVE IN GETTING DAVE TO CHECK LESS EMAIL

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  • 1. ZEN EMAIL CHECK EMAIL LESS THAN 2 HOURS A DAY PRIORITY MAPPING @ashpodel
  • 2. Target Behavior Get graduate students at Stanford (lets call ours Dave) to check email less than 2 hours a day.
  • 3. EFFECTIVE IN GETTING DAVE TO CHECK LESS EMAIL Set up an autoreply asking people to not send Create email filters Disconnect email any more email based on common from mobile device patterns Outsource to India Sign up for a new email address and Set aside a fixed Buy a wrist watch NOPE. WE CANT GET DAVE TO DO THIS delete the old hour a day to (to stop checking Hire a secretary to process email time on on phone) read email YUP. WE CAN GET DAVE TO DO THIS Use a Nike Check email only fuelband Set up a 10 cent Stop using a on alternate days equivalent for reward for all personal computer Log out of email mental health emails deleted and only use account after every use during a day shared computers Install a plug-in that Use a stopwatch Have Dave watch Dave rewards set to a fixed time the Inbox Zero Peer group blocks Gmail except for himself with a treat when checking video charges a fine if designated times for all Inbox Zero email Dave is seen days checking email more than once a Set up a permanent out of Install an app that day Have Dave read office autoreply monitors email use Getting Things Done Unsubscribe from Disconnect from ALL promotional the internet when emails working Use calendar for time sensitive tasks NOT EFFECTIVE IN GETTING DAVE TO CHECK LESS EMAIL