"Email alone consumes over a quarter of the average professional's workweek. But it's not just the volume that hurts. It's how email fragments your attention, blocks deep work, and subtly sabotages your success. The average knowledge worker gets hit with 117 emails and 153 chat messages a day. And they check email on average 15 times daily, often reacting instead of prioritizing."
"Most professionals work with their email inbox open, just in case an urgent request comes through. But that hypervigilance crushes your focus and can cause you to be less effective as a manager. The fix is batching. Check all your communication channels-email, Slack, Teams-in short, focused windows. Outside those windows, you close your inbox and turn off notifications. If the idea makes you nervous, start small. Try five mini batch sessions spaced throughout the day."
Email consumes over a quarter of the average professional's workweek and fragments attention, blocking deep work and reducing effectiveness. The average knowledge worker receives 117 emails and 153 chat messages daily and checks email about 15 times a day, often reacting rather than prioritizing. Hypervigilance with an open inbox undermines focus and managerial effectiveness. Batching communications into short, focused windows and turning off notifications protects deep work; starting with five mini sessions can scale to three 30-minute sessions. The Stack Method replaces dozens of folders by categorizing each incoming email for simpler organization.
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