Neuroscience
Do you check your email first thing in the morning? Be honest! I confess to checking my email at least 2d or 3d thing, both at work and at home.
academic coach provides 5 tips on how to be more productive by spending less (but more concentrated) time with your email.
Starting the day with email is no good, says coach. Start by spending 30 minutes with your major work (she's coaching academics, so she suggests either your research or your dissertation, but this could easily be modified). Other suggestions include turning off the "You've Got Mail!" alerts (which I agree is more conducive to productivity) and closing email between sessions. This sounds very scary in my busy office ... I don't know if I can pull that one off. Then again, tip #4 "Decide on a reasonable number of times per day to check your messages" might be useful.
The ensuing discussion by Coach's readers is useful, too.
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Neuroscience
You are in charge of your email!
Do you check your email first thing in the morning? Be honest! I confess to checking my email at least 2d or 3d thing, both at work and at home.
academic coach provides 5 tips on how to be more productive by spending less (but more concentrated) time with your email.
Starting the day with email is no good, says coach. Start by spending 30 minutes with your major work (she's coaching academics, so she suggests either your research or your dissertation, but this could easily be modified). Other suggestions include turning off the "You've Got Mail!" alerts (which I agree is more conducive to productivity) and closing email between sessions. This sounds very scary in my busy office ... I don't know if I can pull that one off. Then again, tip #4 "Decide on a reasonable number of times per day to check your messages" might be useful.
The ensuing discussion by Coach's readers is useful, too.
- Oops! How Sarcastic Emails Fall Flat
“Dear Boss – Really? You’d like me to attend the Hawaii meeting?! Hang on, I might have something on, let me just check my diary…” you email sarcastically – obviously you’d drop anything to be there. But then the reply comes back “Don’t...
- How Anxious Checking Makes Us Doubt Our Memory
Most of us have had that feeling of doubt as we leave the house – did I turn the gas off? Did I leave the lights on? Sadly, for some people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) this anxiety can become debilitating. They keep checking over and over...
- Fall Internships With Meals On Wheels!
Meals on Wheels of Central MarylandFall Internship Positions Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland is currently looking for interns for the Fall semester. The internships are unpaid but offer the opportunity to work side by side with experienced staff....
- Paid Social Skills Coach And Driver Needed For High School Student!
Social Skills Coach and Driver Faye Berger Mitchell This is a job for a single student to work one-on-one with a high school student. Responsibilities: -2 days per week -9 am - 3 pm -Tu Th preferred (some flexibility) -Drive student to school -Drive...
- What You Write Matters: Advice On Email Etiquette For Everyone
Emails are letters without envelopesEvery professor, instructor, teaching assistant and administrator will tell you that they receive a lot of emails from students... and every one of them will agree that many of those emails do more to hurt the author...