--- title: Articles from Joe Robinson on Working Smarter, Less Stress description: Articles from Joe Robinson on working smarter, managing stress, and being more productive. 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Instead, time shall be saved by telephone contact. **Article 2:** Every person shall practice the 100-Foot Rule, getting up from their posteriors to deliver the message in person to anyone within 100 feet of their desk. **Article 3: ** The overloaded in-boxer shall check messages at designated times to prevent attention deficit. **Article 4:** There shall be a requirement of determining urgency before response to messaging. **Article 5:** No book-length thread E-mails, or dispatches as long as "War and Peace" shall be allowed. **Article 6:** Companies shall establish policies to control e-transmissions as if they were emissions. **Article 7:** Everyone shall resist the temptation to send one- and two-word responses, such "thanks," "got it." **Article 8:** There shall be no assumption of unlimited e-access simply because the tools allow it. Message management shall be instituted. **Article 9:** Permission shall be granted to use auto-responders to block out focus zones for optimum productivity. **Article 10:** E-contact-free zones/days shall be negotiated to improve performance and jump-start innovation. ### [Click to edit the title] This is the content. This is demonstration text. Click 'edit' above to create your own content. © 2015 Optimal Performance Strategies. 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