8 Secrets that Save 60+ Hours a Year in Slack

The average user spends 90 minutes/day, or 375 hours/year in Slack. How do you compare to the average?

Most people can shave 10% off their usage without breaking a sweat, 20% if they put in the effort, and upwards of 30% if they truly hone their Slack experience. It all varies from person to person but there are a handful of techniques that surpass all the rest.

The goal of this guide is to fundamentally overhaul the way you use Slack. Typical gains from complete application of The 8 Secrets results in at least a 17% increase in productivity. For the average Slack user, that’s 61.2 hours saved each year!

You’re telling me I can get back 2.5 days of my life each year just by changing the way I use Slack?

No -- you’ll save at least that much time, if not significantly more. 

The sooner you decide to tame the distraction beast that is Slack, the more time you'll have. Just shaving a minimum of 10% off your Slack-time now vs a year later is a difference of 37.5 hours that could have been yours... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This is the equivalent of paying ~$1 for each hour of time saved.

37 hours of my life back for $39 seems like a pretty good deal to me!

What are you waiting for?

GUARANTEE
If you're not happy for any reason, we'll set you up with a full refund -- no questions asked. I would much rather you give this a shot and see if anything resonates than continue to bleed your time away!

Still not convinced you need this? Here’s my story…

I’m Jack and I’ve spent over 7,300 hours on Slack. 

I started as a victim to the deluge of notifications and incessant chatter that shoved an ever increasing stream of information down my throat. Some of it was useful, but much of it was not. 

I had an abusive relationship with the tool. Promised freedom via increased efficiency and communication, I was served FOMO and distraction on a silver platter. 

Night after night crept by where I found my work unfinished, and yet every Slack message read. Unless I was asleep or on a plane, I would consume every knock brush* that reached my ears within minutes. I was hopelessly addicted.

Despite this change in my output, I still felt good about my contributions and was always able to chime in on almost any topic. That’s what matters, right?

One day, my coworker Peter suddenly received the promotion I was expecting… WHAT?! How did this happen?? A mixture of rage and confusion coursed through my veins… I was smarter than Peter, had been here longer, and was significantly faster responding to people on Slack. What gives?

Sensing my dismay, my manager gave it to me straight: Peter simply outperformed me. While I was keeping up with my work (barely) and putting in extra time, he was leaving the office at 5pm everyday and taking on additional projects. I couldn’t fathom how this was possible…

One night, Peter and I were at a company happy hour. A few weeks had gone by and I was still perplexed as to how he was accomplishing more than me. Not one to let pride get in the way of my career, I asked him, “how do you stay on top of everything AND manage to take on additional work?”

He doesn’t. He’s simply ruthless about what gets his attention. I was shocked, confused, and didn’t know what to make of this new information… 

The next week, I started tracking my time and came to the astounding realization that I was spending 6 hours a day in Slack. If even a third of that had been spent on my actual work, I wouldn't be taking work home! No wonder Peter got the promotion over me.

From that point on, I vowed to conquer Slack and take back my career. 

This story should piss you off. In the same way Facebook has monetized our eyeballs, Slack has convinced us to pay them for the monopoly on our focus. There’s no question Slack provides significant value across a swath of use cases, but the application is fundamentally designed to addict you. If they truly cared about your productivity, this message wouldn't resonate with you and you would have stopped reading paragraphs ago.

The company’s growth is driven by your usage of their product. Your growth is not. Your growth is driven by actually being productive, not making sure you don’t miss a single message. 

The content on the other side of this page is the result of hours and hours of discovery and research, producing the absolute best way to use Slack while protecting your time.

Slack is here to stay, but you don’t have to succumb to a life of perpetual distraction. Let me help you revolutionize the way you use Slack, and give you the armor you deserve.

Take back your focus. Take back your time. It’s time to go to war for your attention!

* Knock Brush is the name of the default Slack notification sound