Comments on: The Tyranny of the Urgent: An Effort at Breaking Bad Habits http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/04/19/the-tyranny-of-the-urgent-breaking-bad-e-mail-habits/ Devoted to authentic Lutheranism Wed, 23 May 2012 21:13:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ptmccain http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/04/19/the-tyranny-of-the-urgent-breaking-bad-e-mail-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-4919 ptmccain Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:49:12 +0000 http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/04/19/the-tyranny-of-the-urgent-breaking-bad-e-mail-habits/#comment-4919 Update: Well, day one and I survived. I did several things to eliminate e-mail interruptions. First, turned off notifications of incoming e-mail. No beeps, chirps or flashing messages of incoming mail. Second, I took Entourage offline. Third, I scheduled myself two thirty minute blocks of time I called "communications" and only during those times did I check e-mail, Facebook and Twitter for incoming message. Third, I figured out how to turn off incoming e-mail to my Blackberry. Just shut off the data stream. Results? Much more focussed on tasks at hands. I felt more "connected" than I have for a long time, and the secret to connection was getting disconnected from the e-mail Tyrant which demands attention, constantly. Oh, yes, and I noticed the vast majority of e-mail is certainly not urgent, and even more of it is not even important. I'll try to report back tomorrow. So far, so good. Update: Well, day one and I survived. I did several things to eliminate e-mail interruptions.

First, turned off notifications of incoming e-mail. No beeps, chirps or flashing messages of incoming mail. Second, I took Entourage offline. Third, I scheduled myself two thirty minute blocks of time I called "communications" and only during those times did I check e-mail, Facebook and Twitter for incoming message. Third, I figured out how to turn off incoming e-mail to my Blackberry. Just shut off the data stream.

Results? Much more focussed on tasks at hands. I felt more "connected" than I have for a long time, and the secret to connection was getting disconnected from the e-mail Tyrant which demands attention, constantly.

Oh, yes, and I noticed the vast majority of e-mail is certainly not urgent, and even more of it is not even important.

I'll try to report back tomorrow. So far, so good.

]]> By: dizziness http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/04/19/the-tyranny-of-the-urgent-breaking-bad-e-mail-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-4916 dizziness Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:29:00 +0000 http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/04/19/the-tyranny-of-the-urgent-breaking-bad-e-mail-habits/#comment-4916 Good luck. Its a tough habit to break. I'm still trying. Good luck. Its a tough habit to break. I'm still trying.

]]> By: Robert http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/04/19/the-tyranny-of-the-urgent-breaking-bad-e-mail-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-4909 Robert Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:29:08 +0000 http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/04/19/the-tyranny-of-the-urgent-breaking-bad-e-mail-habits/#comment-4909 May I quote you? :) May I quote you? :)

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