5 Tips for Staying On Top of Incoming Emails
Don’t let handling email become your full-time job
Email can help you get work done, or it can get in the way. Here are five tips to get through your email quickly and get on with your day.
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How Planning Can Help You Handle Interruptions
Is this more important than what you were working on?
A plan will never work out the way it was designed, but you’ll get there. Without a plan, you’re going to be lost at the first interruption.
Fill Your Bucket with Big Rocks
What goes in first shows what’s important to you
Any space you leave open in your schedule will naturally and automatically fill with gravel. The key to being productive is to fill your bucket with big rocks before it fills up with gravel.
Focus on What’s Important (and Not Urgent)
Don’t let whatever shouts loudest steal your attention
Everything we do can be put into one of four quadrants on a grid, depending on its importance and urgency. Keeping this model in mind helps keep your attention on the most important things in your life.