Category Archives: Time Management Tips

E Mail: Turn off e mail alerts

E-mails have overtaken the phone as the most dangerously effective of all time wasters. The worst thing is the e mail alert that pops up on your computer screen. Don’t let other people interrupt you in this way and take back control of your time by turning the alert off.

E Mail: Junk E Mail Addresses

When you have to give out an e-mail address to somebody who’s going to send you things you don’t want in your inbox, give them a special “junk” e-mail address. Then set up a rule so that everything to that address goes to a folder you review on your timetable.

Prime Time

Everybody has about three hours during the day when they are at their best. Figure out what your “Prime Time” is and then plan your day around it. Make sure that you dedicate that time to focus without interruptions on the activities that are of most value to you.