Email Tips – Turn Off Your Email – Be More Productive

Posted on September 7th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

Hold on to your hats. Here’s a pronouncement that flies in the face of what has become common practice – and if you do this, your peaceful productivity will increase immediately. Are you ready. Here it is:

Keep your email OFF for long periods of time each day.

Yes, that’s what I said – and I will stand by that statement, as will you after you’ve tried it. Some of you need to make a big sign or do something similar to remind yourself about this.

Although email helps us be more productive for many different reasons, at the same time, it decreases our productivity because it is such a huge distraction. Make note: Very rarely is it the number one priority of your day to answer email. In most professional lives, your number one priorities are more likely to be:

“I need to write a proposal”,
“I need to prepare a presentation”,
“I need to complete this budget”,
“I need to write this grant”, or
“I need to do some follow-up marketing calls.”

Those are the priorities and often, you don’t get to them because you have frittered away your day…on distractions such as email. Believe me, I know this because I’ve done it myself (more than once!!)

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(c) 2009 by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D., “The Ph.D. of Productivity”(tm). Through her company, Emphasis on Excellence, Inc., Meggin McIntosh changes what people know, feel, dream, and do. Sound interesting? It is!