| "Time Management and Emails: How to Manage Your | | | | of times you do check it. Entrepreneur magazine |
| Time and Priorities" | | | | published an article called "Email Is Making You Stupid." |
| Time management is challenging enough, but emails | | | | Now, how many times of day, by their own |
| add even more pressure to get more work done | | | | admission, do you think the average office worker |
| quickly As a corporate consultant who delivers time | | | | checks his email? Would you guess he checks 20 |
| management seminars from Hawaii to New York and | | | | times a day? 30? 40? Well, how about 50! Yes, you |
| Alaska to Florida, one of the most frequently asked | | | | read that correctly. I've been a corporate consultant |
| questions I receive from people looking to get more | | | | and corporate trainer for over 12 years now, and |
| done in less time, is this: "How do I manage my time | | | | I've consulted with and conducted corporate training |
| when it seems I have too much work?" | | | | for over 100 companies a year across the country. |
| Looking to work smarter not harder? You're in the | | | | So I know for a fact your company expects you to |
| right place. To use your time at work better, including | | | | read your emails. But, do you really think they expect |
| managing all those emails, here are three tips. | | | | you to check it 50 times of day? To help you make |
| Time Management and Email Tip #1: Shift your focus | | | | the most of this Tip #2, I urge you to keep a |
| from "time management" to "priority management." | | | | running tally of how many times of day you check |
| Henry David Thoreau said, "It's not enough to be | | | | your email. A while back, I read this quotation: "You |
| busy, so are the ants. What are you busy about?" | | | | have an infinite capacity for self-deception." Wow. |
| You want to make sure that any activity that you | | | | That's true and powerful! Don't kid yourself, you're |
| engage in at work is high priority. Who decides "high | | | | checking email a lot more often than you think. And, |
| priority"? You're right! It's your boss. Make sure you | | | | until you start logging it, you're going to find your |
| know exactly what "the sweet spot" is. That's what | | | | time quickly slipping away from you without you |
| I call those activities which most directly and | | | | even knowing where the day went. |
| positively support your company's mission. | | | | Big problem with email: It makes you feel *busy* but |
| Time Management and Email Tip #2: Be aware of | | | | that doesn't mean you're working on the high priority |
| how often you check your email and limit the number | | | | activities that help you help your company. |