Every couple of months I take a Friday off from the business to attend a business coaching workshop as part of the Velocity program delivered by the marvelous people at The Breakthrough Co.
Last Friday's topic revolved around Habits, how to utilise what we know about habits to encourage productive activity which we can use to develop our businesses and to quarantine the bad habits that suck our energy.
As most people know email is a critical business communication tool vital to the operation of businesses everywhere however as this brilliant comic from The Oatmeal illustrates, it needs careful containment so as to not distract you from your mission. Click the image to view.
Quick Tips for controlling your Email Monster.
- Schedule Set times in your day for checking and responding to email - don't let email schedule your day.
- Don't send them at inappropriate times - if you don't want staff emailing you at midnight then don't lead by example.
- VIDEO TIP - Set Outlook to open to Calendar rather than your Inbox - You're most effective in the mornings, stay on task.
- VIDEO TIP - Disable those distracting email popup notifications! - Keep focused on task rather than feeding the monster.