Do not look into the abyss of his mailbox
Tips / / December 19, 2019
When you work with e-mail (and particularly with web mail) is a terrible psychological moment. You have decided to send a letter unimportant. Come, and there in the incoming ten new jobs. You do not stand up, then forget about the letter and start to rake mail.
Alternatively, you read a book on higher productivity and decided to shoot almost exclusively in the morning and evening. During the day you need to send a letter. It remains to choose - either to wait until the evening or the corner of your eye to look into the depths of hell and again hang in the mail interface indefinitely.
The problem is solved very simply, but as with most of these tasks require some willpower. Add to your browser extension that allows you to share a link to the current page by e-mail. For example, Chrome is an extension Send from GmailWhich allows you to create and send an email from Gmail, without entering itself in webmail.
This saves a tremendous amount of energy. You can, for example, give the team instructions at the same moment, when you come up with this or that idea; You can take the project to the client without checking the status of the others; can share the link with your friends, without wasting time on "hello how are you" in an instant messaging program. They will see your link when it is convenient. And answers on the same channel, saving time. You'll see their response when it is convenient.
One day we flew with a colleague on a business trip. He is very busy manager constantly monitors dozens of letters and projects. As soon as we took off, he pulled out a notebook and in peace and quiet began to respond to the letters. Him such a mode of operation is very pleasant - no distractions, no need to check your email or pull a search engine. On the opposite side of the screen just you and your letter.
Sit down in a plane. If you have a desktop e-mail client, try to disable it from automatically downloading new messages. Forget the button "Send and receive all" get along "Submit" button.