Alan,
Thanks for this excellent "self defense" reference! I am often asked by
business associates and family - "I sent you an email an hour ago! You
haven't answered it. Are you OK?"
I usually reply that I already have a variety of prioritized tasks for the
day, and CORRESPONDENCE is only one of those tasks. So I only check email
3-4 times per day - early, around noon, and late in the day. This also
forces me to prioritize which emails are worth reading and responding to.
So, again - thanks. Now I won't have to feel like telling them - "Sorry, but
you are not on my list of Favorites" or something equally unsettling.
John
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John T. Phillips
MSLS, CRM, CDIA, FAI
Electronic Records Management
Consulting, Education, Research
Information Technology Decisions
www.infotechdecisions.com
865-966-9413
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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Alan A Andolsen CMC CRM
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:42 AM
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Subject: RAINDrop: Email becomes a dangerous distraction
"In a study last year, Dr Thomas Jackson of Loughborough University,
England, found that it takes an average of 64 seconds to recover your train
of thought after interruption by email (bit.ly/email2). So people who check
their email every five minutes waste 81/2hours a week figuring out what they
were doing moments before..."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/youve-got-interruptions/2008/09/08/122085
7455459.html
Al
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