Some Productivity Tips

 Don’t be a Slave to Your E-Mail:

• When you start your day don’t open your e-mail unless your most important task of the day needs information that’s supposed to be in your inbox today.
• If possible, turn off all e-mail notifications including popups and chimes. They’re distracting and probably not essential to the work at hand.
• Don’t read your e-mail more than two or three times a day unless your job success is highly dependent upon it. Try to read your messages at periods of low energy.
• When reading your messages do one of the following until your inbox is empty:
  • Reply if the reply is short.
  • If the reply takes more than a few sentences, call the sender and resolve the message.
  • Walk to the sender’s office for a short meeting to resolve the message (this is great exercise).
  • File it for reference.
  • Delete it.

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