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How to not STRESS about your EMAILS...

6 May 2024 · 0 min

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A short YouTube talk by James Laughlin offering practical email-management tips to reduce stress and improve well-being. In this excerpt he gives two concrete rules — (1) don't check email first thing in the morning and (2) don't send late-night emails (instead schedule them to send at 8:00 AM) — and frames them with a brief personal anecdote about previously being a stressed, unhealthy leader who was a "slave to emails."

1. Don't check your email first thing in the morning. 2. Don't send late night emails. If you do schedule them to go out, even on iPhone. You can do that now. Schedule them to go out the next morning at 8 o'. Clock. You don't want to send a message to people that you're that leader that sits up all night and gets up super early. And yes, I used to be that leader. And yes, I used to be a slave to my emails. Was I happy? No. Was I unhealthy? Yes. Was I more stressed? Yes.