FM Walsh & Associates Inc.

One of the biggest challenges most of us face is managing email – we are inundated by the stuff and the common reaction is to leave it sitting in your inbox until you decide what to do with it. And then you spend hours scrolling up and down staring at it; this steals productivity from your day. A recent Wall Street Journal article quotes Julie Morgenstern, time-management consultant: “People’s workloads are so intimidating now….You use email as an escape. It gives you a false sense of accomplishment.” One of her best ideas is to ignore email for the first hour of the morning and focus on important projects instead. This is something I started doing 2 months ago and I really noticed a big increase in my productivity. Check out the article to learn about other ways to take back control from your email.