How to Keep the Email Monster from Eating You Alive

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....