for trends and use that info to skim or skip future books to save time. 5.Relationships Look at your social circle and friends.Do a rough estimate of the amount of time and energy you invest in each relationship.Compare that to the amount of stress or satisfaction. You might find that certain relationships are toxic and others are valuable and should be invested in more. 6.RSS Feeds -Look through your feed list.Write down the percentage of articles you enjoyed out of the last ten in the feed.Eliminate the lowest %'s.You may want to take into account article length or posting rate,but quality is probably the best measurement of all. 7.E-Mail Group the types of e-mails you answer into basic categories.Consider developing a template for the most common e-mail responses that contribute the least potential value for answering personally. 8.Magazine Subscriptions -Same as RSS feeds.Go through all your subscriptions and give a percentage scale of what you perceive to be the value of the last several editions.Cancel subscriptions to the bottom and leave the top. 9.Television Shows Record your television watching habits for a week or two.After watching give a subjective rating of the television show.After your done,total up the amount spent on different shows or channels.If you have a special subscription service,cancel the channels that you don't watch or have little value.Otherwise,consider eliminating live television entirely and recording the shows you feel are valuable to watch later.I've done this before and it can be a big time saver while still allowing you to enjoy some passive entertainment. 10.Web Surfing -Record your web usage for a day or two.Write down the sites you visited or tools you used to get there (StumbleUpon, Digg,etc.)Figure out sites took up the most time and which had the least value.You'd be surprised how often they are the same thing. 11.Spring Cleaning -Although it's only a few weeks from summer,you can use this on any organization attempt.Go through your items and trash all the items that you haven't used recently (except for important documents).Just because you have storage space,doesn't mean it should be filled with garbage.Eliminate clutter and it becomes far easier to find and use the things you actually need. 12.Clients/Customers -This one comes from Tim Ferriss,in the Four Hour Workweek.Figure out which customers contribute the most complaints and the least revenue.Notify them that things will need to change and set down some guidelines.Then fire the ones thatfor trends and use that info to skim or skip future books to save time. 5. Relationships – Look at your social circle and friends. Do a rough estimate of the amount of time and energy you invest in each relationship. Compare that to the amount of stress or satisfaction. You might find that certain relationships are toxic and others are valuable and should be invested in more. 6. RSS Feeds – Look through your feed list. Write down the percentage of articles you enjoyed out of the last ten in the feed. Eliminate the lowest %’s. You may want to take into account article length or posting rate, but quality is probably the best measurement of all. 7. E-Mail – Group the types of e-mails you answer into basic categories. Consider developing a template for the most common e-mail responses that contribute the least potential value for answering personally. 8. Magazine Subscriptions – Same as RSS feeds. Go through all your subscriptions and give a percentage scale of what you perceive to be the value of the last several editions. Cancel subscriptions to the bottom and leave the top. 9. Television Shows – Record your television watching habits for a week or two. After watching give a subjective rating of the television show. After your done, total up the amount spent on different shows or channels. If you have a special subscription service, cancel the channels that you don’t watch or have little value. Otherwise, consider eliminating live television entirely and recording the shows you feel are valuable to watch later. I’ve done this before and it can be a big time saver while still allowing you to enjoy some passive entertainment. 10.Web Surfing - Record your web usage for a day or two. Write down the sites you visited or tools you used to get there (StumbleUpon, Digg, etc.) Figure out sites took up the most time and which had the least value. You’d be surprised how often they are the same thing. 11.Spring Cleaning – Although it’s only a few weeks from summer, you can use this on any organization attempt. Go through your items and trash all the items that you haven’t used recently (except for important documents). Just because you have storage space, doesn’t mean it should be filled with garbage. Eliminate clutter and it becomes far easier to find and use the things you actually need. 12.Clients/Customers – This one comes from Tim Ferriss, in the Four Hour Workweek. Figure out which customers contribute the most complaints and the least revenue. Notify them that things will need to change and set down some guidelines. Then fire the ones that