Take a Break From Email

• Unsubscribe from or filter away the stuff you never read.
• Disable email push notifications on your phone.
• Check emails twice per day to limit the time it takes to check and switch tasks while batch-processing your emails.
• Structur...

Too many leaders are trying to lead by email. We need humanity more than well-articulated emails.

Call your employees and ask them how they are doing. Take the time to listen to them. Treat them like friends. They should feel heard at the end of the call. If it is a larger company, check in...

• Focus on what's genuinely important in a day and do that, before checking your email.
• Check the email in time blocks, like once every 3 to 4 hours.
• Discard all impersonal unnecessary emails.
• Briefly answer messages that require an instant response.
• Use su...