The E-mail Of All E-Mails

It’s like an addiction.  Log in, check the inbox.  Either waste time on uninteresting things, or spring into action for someone else’s urgent need.  Then log out.

Repeat process multiple times per day.

I’ve come to the conclusion that the reason e-mail, and quite frankly all other message delivering devices have become such an addiction is because everyone is hoping to one day check their e-mail and get the message that they don’t need to check their e-mail anymore.

That’s really the driving force for why people keep at it.  A hope driven behavior tied into the very real belief that a better life is out there waiting for them. If only someone would give the OK to go live it.

So here it is.  OK, go live it.

One of the very real and very powerful components I’ve documented while researching people who have become Rich and Happy is they are masters in the art of quitting.

The incredible time wasting behaviors that email can generate are a perfect opportunity to put that quitting skill to work.

For just one day, try this.  Quit making yourself instantly available.  Let the e-mails, voice-mails, text messages, all of it-  come in and sit there.  And instead of giving those your instant attention, focus your time and energy on doing whatever you want, whenever you want (the definition of Rich and Happy).

I would encourage you to do this for longer than a day, but this can be such a huge transition for people that let’s start really small and build from there.

Here’s why this is so powerful as it relates to being Rich and Happy.

Most people not only allow their constant influx of messages to dictate what they focus their time and energy on, they are actually lost without them.  In the absence of someone else telling them what to do “Right Now”, people take on a dazed, confused, somewhat lost look.

Then they quickly check their email again.  Am I free yet?  Or has someone told me what to do yet?

Most people who tell me they WANT to be Rich and Happy go on to tell me:

They have no clue what living a Rich and Happy life would look and feel like for them. They are so busy every day that they have no time to figure that out.

Well here’s the thing.

If you don’t know what makes you Rich and Happy, you can’t be Rich and Happy.

If you know, but never spend time on those things, you won’t be Rich and Happy.

If you continue to be a mindless lemming to your inbox, you definitely won’t be Rich and Happy.

So take one day this week and quit answering your email.  Just one day.  I promise, after that you can get right back on it.

Take all that time you would be spending on doing all those things for other people, and instead - spend the time on YOU!  Figure out just one thing you’d love to learn more about, or want to go do, see, or experience.

That way, the next time you check your inbox and find yourself waiting for the next urgent call to action, you’ll have a Rich and Happy activity to put your energy toward.

I promise that the world can make it one day without your immediate response.

For years I swore that couldn’t be the case.  That’s why for years I wasn’t Rich and Happy.

NOTE: We will be running monthly teleseminars exclusive for people that have bought How To Be Rich and Happy or read this blog starting in either late November or early December. In the calls we will be covering off any topics that people may be struggling with on their journey to be Rich and Happy.

We’re also looking to run interviews with people that lead the Rich and Happy life to get tips from them. If you have anybody you’d like us to interview or questions you’d like either myself or John to cover off, please let us know either in the comments or e-mailing tim at howtoberichandhappy dot com

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