Something that drives me crazy is seeing people striving towards some big goal, wanting it with every fibre of their body, but yet being unable to achieve it. And one of the big reasons for this is email. That’s right, too many of us let our emails dictate how we spend our days – and this stops us from doing the things we want to do. So if email is ruling your life, now’s the time to do something about it!
Years ago, I lived out of my Email Inbox too. I opened it upon waking and went back and forwards all day – my “priorities” changing with the latest “ding”. Now, I view email as just another messaging platform. I receive messages on email, Slack, WhatsApp, Facebook, SMS, Skype and numerous other services – but they are all just messages.
I’ve learned to put in place systems so that email is not the beast it once was and I’ve stopped giving it more power than it deserves. Here are 7 tips to take control of your inbox and stop email ruling your life…
