December is drawing to a close. The month when most people I know spend time reflecting on the fading year, reviewing personal plans, and setting goals for the next year.
Making New Year resolutions has been one of my customs for many years. I don’t make many at a time; just a few which I usually keep.
Whether you’re a business owner, a corporate executive or otherwise employed, you need to be concerned about productivity. If you work autonomously, controlling how you spend your time will increase productivity and efficiency. If you work in shared office space, time management becomes even more vital for personal productivity. Sounds like a no-brainer, yet we …
Last month I wrote about email batching, controlling the number of times you visit your inbox. From the feedback I received, although batching improves productivity, it doesn’t address the stress of email volumes. My friend Joy is frustrated by an average inbox size of 934 emails! So today I’ll look at how to get your …
Email can drive you nuts if you receive more than 20 emails in a day. If your inbox is stressing you out, there is one strategy proposed by management experts to ease the stress. Email Batching; Checking your email only at specific times of the day. That’s right. Rather than read your emails as and …
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