Priority map for behaviors to reduce email use.

1. ZEN EMAIL
CHECK EMAIL LESS THAN 2 HOURS A DAY
PRIORITY MAPPING
@ashpodel

2. Target Behavior
Get graduate students at Stanford (let’s call our’s 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 CAN’T 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