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Avoid the Goldfish Syndrome – don’t be distracted by email

Goldfish syndrome

Who has a better attention span, you or a goldfish? Recent research has found that thanks to constant digital interruption our ability to focus has now been reduced to less than that of a goldfish.

Goldfish have an attention span of about nine seconds. Since the turn of the century ours has been reduced from about 12 seconds to eight. Why? Because we allow ourselves to be distracted by new emails and social media alerts. Top tips on how to improve productivity and performance by not being distracted by new emails etc.

Published in Executive Secretary Magazine July 2017

Tags: email distractions, Goldfish syndrome, performance

Managing email attachments to save time

Attachment overload

Email attachments can be the bain of people’s lives. Have you ever sent an email only to receive the response ‘where is the attachment?’ It’s so frustrating – especially when the email goes to ten or more people and they all respond this way! Yet more time wasted.

Many organisations still work with mailbox limits, which can give rise to the stressful situation when your mailbox is full, and you can neither send nor receive emails until you downsize it.

This article provides top tips for managing email attachments in order to save time and reduce business email overload.

Published in Executive Secretary Magazine September 2017

Tags: Attachement best practice, Business email attachment management, Business email overload, improve personal productivity

Out of Office Message Etiquette and Psychology

What does your Out of Office (OOO) message really say about you and your business?  Are you a spend thrift?  Do you give away too much information?  Are you boasting?  How can you get the tone just right?  An article by Rhymer Rigby in the Daily Telegraph which explores these challenges of using the seemingly simple OOO function.

Year of You: upgrade your life a month at a time

‘Reset your mind and body in order to be the best version of yourself’.

Jody Shield

Start taking back control of your life: detox your inbox.  Stylist Magazine June 2016.

Click here for the full article.

Tags: Detox your inbox, Jody Shield, Stylist Magazine

Pick up the phone, pay the tab

A winning way to stop people checking their phone when out for a meal.  Letter to Tyler Brule editor-in-chief of Monocle Magazine. Financial Times 25 September 2015

Tags: Digital detox, Disconnect