Has e-mail become your foe? Are you chained to your computer sorting through endless messages and trying to decide on the ones in which to reply? Do you save them just in case?
E-mail was supposed to be our friend and time saver. The great communication tool. Now it wastes hours a week if we let it. This demanding economy requires the utmost performance from everyone, and it’s time e-mail is part of the cutbacks.
Great decisions empower. Take back your life and decide to set new boundaries on e-mail. It’s your life and changing the way you think about e-mail is a choice. Here are a few decisions that will start you in the right direction.
- Decide first what you really, really want; more time, greater productivity, more leisure, tighter focus, or more e-mail. Remember this every time you open your in-box.
- Let everyone know not to send anything other than very important mail.
- If you are self-employed, set rules for mail; only Cc. those absolutely necessary, executive summaries only on lengthy mail, no one should answer unnecessary mail, ask for other input and ideas.
- Open your mail only once or twice per day.
- Ask, “What would be the worst case if you didn’t open this message.”
Take a stance. Start a trend. Declare – enough! Make your job more efficient and effective immediately. Be tough on e-mail and set yourself free.
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