Sort your email...sort your life!
Tuesday, 06 September 2011 00:00 | 
Written by Vanessa Lanham-Day | 
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In talking to many business owners on this topic and it has become clear to me that far and away the BIGGEST enemy of all in terms of time management is email. It is ubiquitous and pervasive. It's available 24/7 on smart phones and iPads, on lap tops and desktops. It seems to demand instant attention and has the power to throw all your best-laid plans out of the window.
If you can crack this problem, you'll suddenly get your life back I can promise you.
There are all manner of possible solutions - why not try at least one or two and see what happens ...
- Only view emails 3 times a day
- Turn off the 'blip' that announces the arrival of a new mail
- Set up inbox files so you can categorise the mails into manageable priorities
- Switch off email linked to your smart phone - for a day, a week, or forever!
- Get your PA or VA to open mail for you
- Plan to maintain an empty inbox - prioritise email as you would post - delete it, file it or action it
- Don't automatically do it 'now' - right click in Outlook and 'drag' the email to the task bar and allocate it to a better day for you to respond and then file the original. Keep the inbox empty.
- Consider the idea that there is no such thing as an urgent email - if it was urgent, they'd phone!
Good luck. You are not alone.
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