Turn it off
If you want to regain your focus at work, turn off your email notification. By turning off your email notification you’ll eliminate that pesky little box that shows up in the corner of your computer screen every time a new email arrives in your inbox. This is the first step in transitioning from a reactive to a proactive approach to your workday.
By turning off email notifications, you’re not shutting down your email or keeping new messages from entering your inbox. You are simply freeing yourself from a constant distractionallowing you to focus on the task at hand – whether that is preparing for a sales call, creating a project plan or writing a new business proposal.
Take the leap and turn off your email notification today.
Click here to learn how to turn off email notifications in Outlook.