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Happy Monday and welcome back to the 6 Tips to Save Time With Email.

We talked about 3 ways of saving time with email  Saturday so let’s start off with tip number 4

 4. Block time off for email

I like to turn off email and even my phone when I’m working. It breaks my focus to get up and answer the phone or send a reply to someone. Email is an excellent tool and I find it highly effective to set time for it. Now, the frequency will depend on the nature of your job. You might be OK with checking emails twice a day or every 2 hours, try out different combinations and don’t let your inbox control your schedule.

5. Don’t let someone else’s agenda get on you

Email is an excellent way for people to keep updated and update others which makes it incredibly easy for us to get distracted by others’ agenda. I never check my email in the morning (unless I’m incredibly bored), I like to work on my agenda, get to my goals and then help others get what they want. Email is tempting..stay focused!

 6. Start off with the most important emails

I Know it’s logical to go in order and open emails one at a time but I find it more effective to again Group them by project (we talked about using folders for our emails on Saturday) and then reading the most important ones based on the project. It helps you stay on agenda AND get all the updates about a particular project before you hit the reply button.

Oh No! We’re at the end of our 6 tips, I still have a bonus tip for you though. So, stay tuned We’ll talk about that Wednesday.

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