Kevin Kruse

I mean, there's a lot of great people in the book, but Cuban's the most famous these days. Everyone's always asking that question. And the interesting thing is, just to set it up, so there were seven billionaires I interviewed for the book. And three of the seven, again, it's an open-ended question. Tell me anything that's a key to productivity for you.

I mean, there's a lot of great people in the book, but Cuban's the most famous these days. Everyone's always asking that question. And the interesting thing is, just to set it up, so there were seven billionaires I interviewed for the book. And three of the seven, again, it's an open-ended question. Tell me anything that's a key to productivity for you.

Three of the seven, their advice had to do with meetings, meeting time. So Mark, in his typical, you know, kind of funny, snarky fashion, he says, never do meetings unless someone is writing you a check. Show me. You know, you can assume that's a little facetious. I'm sure he has one on ones with his colleagues.

Three of the seven, their advice had to do with meetings, meeting time. So Mark, in his typical, you know, kind of funny, snarky fashion, he says, never do meetings unless someone is writing you a check. Show me. You know, you can assume that's a little facetious. I'm sure he has one on ones with his colleagues.

But he's basically saying, you know, meetings are death unless there's money transferring. Don't do them. One of the early co-founders of Facebook, he now his new company is Asana, Dustin Moskovitz. He says that meetings, again, are lethal and they've established no meeting Wednesdays. So every Wednesday, that's a creative day. That's a maker day. That's a do it day. That's not a meeting day.

But he's basically saying, you know, meetings are death unless there's money transferring. Don't do them. One of the early co-founders of Facebook, he now his new company is Asana, Dustin Moskovitz. He says that meetings, again, are lethal and they've established no meeting Wednesdays. So every Wednesday, that's a creative day. That's a maker day. That's a do it day. That's not a meeting day.

A friend of mine runs Aria Healthcare, which is a hospital chain up here near Philadelphia. She has no meeting Fridays. I mean, it's literally becoming so bad in organizations. That great leaders are saying, listen, we're going to just ban those suckers. First of all, people think it's a one hour meeting. Well, no, if there's 10 people in the room, first of all, it's a 10 hour meeting.

A friend of mine runs Aria Healthcare, which is a hospital chain up here near Philadelphia. She has no meeting Fridays. I mean, it's literally becoming so bad in organizations. That great leaders are saying, listen, we're going to just ban those suckers. First of all, people think it's a one hour meeting. Well, no, if there's 10 people in the room, first of all, it's a 10 hour meeting.

It's not a one hour meeting. And then it's at the very least. the cost of salaries and benefits, but the bigger cost is the value that those people are providing. Taking a salesperson away from prospecting and into a meeting for something that's not as important. Let's talk about email for just a second. Yet meetings and email are the big complaints, the big problems.

It's not a one hour meeting. And then it's at the very least. the cost of salaries and benefits, but the bigger cost is the value that those people are providing. Taking a salesperson away from prospecting and into a meeting for something that's not as important. Let's talk about email for just a second. Yet meetings and email are the big complaints, the big problems.

And the first thing that people identified or shared when it came to email is that They're not leaving their email window open all day long. They shut off those message notifications so they're not getting buzzed or dinged every time there's an inbound email. And, you know, I've summarized it as a system I call 3-2-1-0. And for me, and everybody can adjust this, but I've seen this work wonders.

And the first thing that people identified or shared when it came to email is that They're not leaving their email window open all day long. They shut off those message notifications so they're not getting buzzed or dinged every time there's an inbound email. And, you know, I've summarized it as a system I call 3-2-1-0. And for me, and everybody can adjust this, but I've seen this work wonders.

Three stands for check your email three times a day or process your email three times a day. There's obviously, again, productivity ninjas that say, look, do it once a day. You know, just check it once a day and that's fine. And, you know, the Tim Ferriss followers will have that auto responder go out all the time. This day and age, I want to be responsive. I move fast.

Three stands for check your email three times a day or process your email three times a day. There's obviously, again, productivity ninjas that say, look, do it once a day. You know, just check it once a day and that's fine. And, you know, the Tim Ferriss followers will have that auto responder go out all the time. This day and age, I want to be responsive. I move fast.

So for me, it's like morning, noon, and night. I'm going to check it. I'm going to process it three times a day. The 2-1 stands for 21 minutes. So when I am processing my email, it's kind of like a Pomodoro. You know, I'm setting 21 minutes on that clock and it's ticking down. And my goal is to get back to email inbox zero by the time that ticks to zero. And 21 minutes is not a lot of time.

So for me, it's like morning, noon, and night. I'm going to check it. I'm going to process it three times a day. The 2-1 stands for 21 minutes. So when I am processing my email, it's kind of like a Pomodoro. You know, I'm setting 21 minutes on that clock and it's ticking down. And my goal is to get back to email inbox zero by the time that ticks to zero. And 21 minutes is not a lot of time.

And it sounds almost silly or corny. Like, yeah, what's that going to do? It is amazing when you've got that countdown clock, it's almost like a game and you just pound down that list and you're always going through those, you know, the four D's of like, can I delete it? Boom. Yes. If not, can I delegate it? You know, can I delegate this? Just forward it to somebody. Can I do it? Do it right now.

And it sounds almost silly or corny. Like, yeah, what's that going to do? It is amazing when you've got that countdown clock, it's almost like a game and you just pound down that list and you're always going through those, you know, the four D's of like, can I delete it? Boom. Yes. If not, can I delegate it? You know, can I delegate this? Just forward it to somebody. Can I do it? Do it right now.

You know, touch it once within a few minutes. If not, then you want to defer it, which means schedule it. Don't leave it in your inbox to just sit there gathering does. God forbid, don't add it to the bottom of your to-do list. Click that little button in Google Mail and Gmail. It's the more button. And then you can turn your email into an event.

You know, touch it once within a few minutes. If not, then you want to defer it, which means schedule it. Don't leave it in your inbox to just sit there gathering does. God forbid, don't add it to the bottom of your to-do list. Click that little button in Google Mail and Gmail. It's the more button. And then you can turn your email into an event.