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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times. Niccolo Machiavelli
Email overload is stressful and can also be an underlying cause of mental health issues. Hopefully you have reduced the email overload, have a clean inbox and improved your productivity and well-being.
Now the trick is to keep your inbox under control and encourage others to follow suit.
Email addiction is one of the major causes of email overload. It’s the feeling that you must constantly check your inbox no matter where you are, what you are doing or what the time of day. Moreover, we often default to email when of course there are a myriad of other ways to communicate. As many of you will know I am a great fan of pen and paper especially for saying thank you and taking ownership when being asked to do something rather than retorting with ‘send me an email’.
Day five is about taking stock, checking you are not suffering from email addiction and making plans to keep your inbox out of the email overload zone. Here is our three step plan for the last day.
Use Mesmo Consultancy’s free Email Addiction self-assessment tool. Identify your strengths and weaknesses and if necessary seek advice about how to control the urge to have another email fix.
In the coming days and weeks as you are about either to Reply/Forward or even ‘Send’ pause and ask yourself would an alternative be more efficient (eg talking, a discussion group on something like SharePoint, instant message etc)?
Look back to Day 1 and how much time you were losing. Now re-calibrate using our Cost of Email Misuse Calculator. Where do you still need to make some changes?
How will you keep your inbox slim and control the business email overload in the coming weeks? Don’t let email rule your day. Don’t feel you must check your email either first thing in the morning or every five minutes. Rather try disconnect from time to time. The most productive people are those who prioritise their time and stay focused on the task in hand.
Do you have colleagues who would benefit from managing their email more effectively as you have now done? Yes, then call us now to ask about our Brilliant Email Management master classes. Otherwise how about giving them a copy of either ‘Brilliant Email’ or ‘Taking Control of Your Inbox’?
Share your progress; Email; Facebook: Twitter (using #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek) There are two prize for the two people who have made the most outstanding progress (a copy of ‘Brilliant Email‘ and ‘Taking Control of Your Inbox”). For instance, had five days of empty inboxes, reduced the number of rounds of email ping-pong by improving their email etiquette etc.
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Thank you for joining us for this the re-run of Clean Out Your Inbox Week to support Mental Health Awareness week We hope we have made a small contribution to helping people re-focus their work-life balance and de-stress.. Feedback on how we can improve this event for next year is always appreciated.
Tags: Business email management, Business email overload, email addiction, Mental Health Awareness Week, well being