Thie Element is an excerpt from Focus: Your Key to More Productivity at Work (ISBN: 9780137002566) by Jurgen Wolff. Available in print and digital formats.
A complete plan for taking control over your email--instead of letting it control you!
Here are some tips for taming the email monster. First, control the clock. Do you really need to read every email the moment it comes in? Probably not. Set a number of times each day that you’ll check your email. Do you have a number in mind? Good, now cut it in half. For starters, try this schedule....
Jurgen Wolff is a writer, teacher, hypnotherapist, and creativity expert who has created the courses Beyond Brainstorming, Create Your Future, Hypnotic Writing, and The Creative Breakthrough Workshop. Wolff has presented at venues ranging from the University of Southern California to the University of Barcelona, the Skyros Institute to The Academy for Chief Executives, Grundy-UFA to Columbia-Tri-Star. His books include Do Something Different, Your Writing Coach, Successful Scriptwriting, Top Secrets: Screenwriting, and Successful Sitcom Writing. He also edits the popular Internet creativity newsletter, Brainstorm.