Is email killing you? Do you feel the urge to check email every waking moment? Read on…
“It’s terrible,” she said. “I can’t focus any more. I can’t even read a book.”
I was talking with a smart, successful woman who’s an investment analyst, and we were talking about how she works. The best times to do the deep thinking required for her work. How to avoid being overwhelmed by news, email, and interruptions.
As we spoke, she was looking at her Blackberry. I asked her, “Did you know people check email 36 times an hour?”
“My God,” she said. “I bet I’m worse.”
Why it’s important
I used to think that those who ranted about the evils of email were missing the point. It’s not email per se that’s the problem, I figured, but how people are using it. As people used more modern platforms, their email usage would naturally decline.
But I failed to see just how insidious email can be. And how, if people…
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