Kommentarer til: Becoming Effective ““ Touch an Email Once

Af: Hvordan kan man holde fokus?

Hvordan kan man holde fokus? — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:28:23 +0000

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Af: Mikael

Mikael — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:13:36 +0000

Søren, I hear what you’re saying but I believe that the problem is with your boss and not with the concept of only reading emails once. Any work that is hasted will often be of poor quality but what I am saying has nothing to do with haste. What I am saying is that doing the same thing over because you couldn’t, wouldn’t or just didn’t think and act upon it the first time will simply be a waste of time.

People that can’t, won’t or just don’t work this way will just have to settle with wasting time and I that is a personal choice. This concept works great for me and I know that it does for a lot of other people. But I’m sure that it won’t apply to everyone. One a few things in life does…

Af: Søren Sprogø

Søren Sprogø — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:45:59 +0000

All though this “read emails only once” way of doing things might work, there’s also a real danger in it:

More than once I have worked for a boss that had the habit of quickly reading an email only once, and replying immediately. Which in turn often had the result that his replies wasn’t clear and well formulated, and I in return had to reply back asking for further details or clarifications.

I do see an idea behind the phrase “if it’s not worth reading now, then it probably never will be”. And all though you might be saving some of your time right now, there is a strong possibility that if you don’t do it properly you’ll end up wasting someone elses time, or your own time in the long haul when you later on have to reply back with an explanation of what you actually meant in your first mail.