Job Hacking - Don't Like Your Job? Hacking Your Job Will Help

Sept. 19, 2015 - PRLog -- Okay, let's say that you don't actually hate your job. Let's, instead, say that it's not totally fulfilling.

And, if you are like most people in our fair country, odds are you could use some extra income.

"So how do these two things go together," you ask?

Good question.

Well, thanks to the propensity of nerds, and regular folks, to 'hack the system' a little thing called "Job Hacking" is all the rage now.

"What is job hacking," you ask?

(Wow, you ask really good questions!)

I don't know if anyone has actually given him full credit yet but Tim Ferriss and his book ('The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich") actually got the ball rolling.

If you haven't read it - get it - read it.

In his book he reveals how he escaped a dead-end job by separating his time from his labor using some pretty clever strategies. (I reveal some of them at the link below this article).

Job Hacking involves leveraging 'ineffective time' at work that is usually spent:

- at the water cooler
- taking protracted lunch breaks
- playing Angry Birds, COD, etc. on your downtime

What can you expect from employing this job hacking strategy?

Tim Ferriss was able to create a million dollar supplement company.

But hey, everyone's not as sharp as Mr. Ferris.

You might be able to:

- Find a more fulfilling career.
- Create a SAAS (or SWAS) that can rock.
- Generate some additional monthly cash to pay off bills.

(Remember, the strategies that Tim used are at the highlighted link below. But here's an important one).

Handling Email
One of the biggest time wasters is answering email. By some accounts the average person:

- starts their day checking email (on their phone)
- ends their day checking email
- some even check it in the middle of the night (you know Mother Nature calling and all).

McKinsey Global Institute
The McKinsey Global Institute issued a jaw dropping report. It claims that when you take into account; reading, deleting, sorting and sending emails checking email amounts to 28 percent of our workweek. That's 13 hours!

In his book Tim disclosed how he reduced checking email to twice a day. Once in the morning and once in the afternoon.  Through an autoresponder he setup (an automatic email that responds when you email someone. You have seen this when someone is away on vacation and their autoresponder lets you know).

He crafted a message that said (paraphrased):

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   Greetings, Friends [or Esteemed Colleagues],

   Due to high workload, I am currently checking and responding to e-mail twice daily at 12: 00 P.M. ET [or your time zone] and 4: 00 P.M. ET.

   If you require urgent assistance (please ensure it is urgent) that cannot wait until either 12: 00 P.M. or 4: 00 P.M., please contact me via phone at 555-555-5555.

   Thank you for understanding this move to more efficiency and effectiveness. It helps me accomplish more to serve you better.

   Sincerely,

   [Your name]

****

This simple email message give him back tens of hours each month. Time that he could spend working on his Job Hacking strategy.

To read more of them go to:

http://bestsellerbookreviews.org/hacking-your-job/