How I Work: Bill Gates
Quote - “I get about 100 e-mails a day. We apply filtering to keep it to that level- e-mail comes straight to me from anyone I’ve ever corresponded with, anyone from Microsoft, Intel, HP etc. And I always see a write-up from my assistant of any other e-mail, from companies that aren’t on my permission list or individuals I don’t know.”
Boy do I wish I could have an assistant who filtered through all my emails each day. But honestly, even with an assistant, I’m surprised that Gates only get 100 emails a day. That seems really low for the richest man in the world, doesn’t it.
In the article, Gates also mentions that he has to avoid the temptation of reading his email every time Outlook tells him there is a new message. Boy can I relate. If I wasn’t careful, email could take up my whole day.
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