So what is reason? Surfing internet or using company email for personal reasons, according to a recent article from Reuters. Downloading pornography, frequenting online gambling sites and sending unsuitable emails using company email system are major reasons why an employee could find himself escorted out front door.

Why is there this attention on email and internet? It's simple really. Imagine some young man who surfs pornographic sites during day, and then imagine consternation of any female employees who happen to see him doing so. The company could easily be successfully sued for sexual harassment for this kind of thing. Since many companies have a zero tolerance policy for sexual harassment, young man could find himself out of a job very quickly.

The system calls for extreme organization and a lot of discipline. It's NECESSARY for me. This is system that allows me to run an affiliate program, manage 22 websites, publish a weekly ezine, publish 2 daily niche lists, visit an average of 15 discussion forums a day (3 of which I help moderate), write 2 new ezine articles per week, process over 800 emails a day, do off-line consulting, fit in a daily workout, and still find time to spend with my family and friends.

The system has 2 parts - organization and discipline.

First discipline. The discipline is nothing more than following a few simple, self-imposed rules. These rules are:

1) Whenever opening any email (or snail mail) process it right then. That simply means replying to email or adding it to your "to-do" list (in a specific place) if it will fit into your schedule better later. Make notes in your organizer of any correspondence that may need tracking. Add any new contact to your contact database if appropriate. If email contains a gem for an article or post, make a note in your organizer or even make an online post. If email contains any data you will need to refer to later such as website urls or passwords, enter them into your cross-referenced database.

Every time that you read an email, you have to decide what needs to be done with information. Making and acting on that decision once is an amazing time-saver! If you don't do this, then you have to go through exact same decision process next time that you examine email.

2) Whenever presented with any task, ask if it makes sense for you to do it or if you're better off hiring someone else to do it. We have to recognize our skills and get others to do those things that would cost us too much time and energy. Some things are better done by professionals we can hire or even family members we can get to pitch in. Learning to delegate and "farm out" chores is essential to getting any significant job done.

3) Identify what are most important tasks you need to get done FIRST and then do first things first. Balance is also necessary here because things like exercise and maintaining personal relationships must be priorities. I schedule these right into my day. I print out my to-do list and refer to it often to avoid getting sidetracked.

4) Learn to say no when appropriate. Realize that with this system you can do much more in same time but, there is a limit to what you should obligate yourself to do. Don't get into habit of taking on more obligations than you can possibly accomplish. As you get known online you will soon discover yourself being asked to review numerous websites, ebooks, and pieces of software. Politely decline when you have all you can currently handle. This allows you to focus and get more tasks actually completed!