Why The Most Successful People Respond Immediately

Name: Why The Most Successful People Respond Immediately
Uploaded: 2024-04-26T21:45:40+00:00
Duration: 25 s
Channel: Sam Parr
Description: In this brief monologue, the speaker argues that rapid response to communications is a hallmark of highly successful individuals. He contrasts the…

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In this brief monologue, the speaker argues that rapid response to communications is a hallmark of highly successful individuals. He contrasts the near‑instant replies from top‑level executives, such as billionaire CEOs, with the slower, often week‑long responses from their subordinates. To emulate this habit, he created a Gmail script that automatically archives any email after 24 hours, forcing him to reply promptly or lose the message, which serves as a simple productivity nudge toward concise, text‑message‑style replies.

The most successful people in the world respond instantly. It's kind of infuriating how true it is. But when you email the billionaire CEO, it's like a 30-second response. When you email his vice president, it can be a week or something. That is just so true. I really try and force myself to respond fast. I wrote this little script for Gmail that archives my email every 24 hours, so I have to respond or it just disappears. And I feel like it's a really good nudge of like, just send the simpler text message-like response.