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Success
JULY 24, 2021
Successful people know they have to carve out downtime where they put away phones and don’t check emails. This article was published in August 2016 and has been updated. Corley discovered that 70 percent of successful people give back at least five hours every month. They disconnect. They connect with their family.
Success
MARCH 31, 2023
Every day we seem to have a giant to-do list of people to see, projects to complete, emails to write. Answer your email either early in the morning or after working hours. Block out specific times to initiate phone calls, personally take incoming calls and meet people in person. We’re all busy.
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Success
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Put down your phone. Try putting your phone to bed at least one hour before your bedtime. Is your alarm on your phone? Once your phone is in your hand, there is a temptation to check social media or email. This article was originally published in April 2016 and has been updated.
Success
JULY 23, 2022
Because Long can’t neglect his other work entirely, he allows himself an hour in the middle of each day to respond to emails and phone calls. This article originally appeared in the August 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. Learn to say no. You’re spinning enough plates—what’s one more?
Success
JANUARY 31, 2023
On their busiest days at the office, they are spending as much as 50% of their day managing email. We are talking about highly skilled, well-trained leaders spending the majority of their time emailing (a low-level skill) on the days when their unique abilities are needed the most. hours per day checking their emails.
Success
OCTOBER 4, 2024
In April of 2016, when he was in 7th grade, Clark set up the NCWA page as a hobby to entertain his family and friends. “I I had this email chain. I would send out weekly emails to my, like, friend and family group. She slept through the worst of the storm Thursday night and was woken by an alarm on her phone around 5 a.m.
Success
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
These “vampires” can be time-wasting tasks like checking your email too often, or they can be people who are not key to achieving your projects and have latched onto you in conversation because they are avoiding their own work. This article was published in March 2016 and has been updated. Photo by Halfpoint/Shutterstock.
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