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Coaches Can Get Lost and Off Track

By Suzan Schmitt

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Sometimes the fastest way to get better at something is to not do something. That sounds easy doesn't it? Let's take a look at several time wasters that we should all avoid doing. As coaches and Internet users we can get caught up in a whole lot of ways that others don't and we have to be very attentive to what we are doing and how long we are doing it to avoid some big fat time wasters.

Email For many people this is the black hole that sucks time from you as soon as you approach your computer to check it. Because we work online we get more email than the average person and if you are like me you have signed up for various email lists because you are interested in the information or you simply want to see and learn from the other persons marketing approach. The sheer amount of email can be quite overwhelming.

Are you the type of person who has to be in the know so you keep your email open so you can see if you have new email coming in? Do you go back and forth between the task at hand and your email box only to get distracted from your original task to another task? My first suggestion for email is to get rid of any notification that is visible to you when you are doing any other task. Next you must set aside certain time periods for checking email and only allow yourself to check your email at those times. This is going to be difficult even painful at first but you will get a great deal of satisfaction when you get much more done because you remain focused on the task at hand.

No matter which email service you use Google, Yahoo, Outlook whatever they all have a system for organizing your email and tracking it. The easiest way to get started organizing your email is to create labels or folders for categories of email and place all email in a category. Keep your in box as clean as possible by following this guide line. Create a folder for each category that your email generally falls into or by person if you wish. As soon as you get to your email your goal is to clear your inbox by taking action or placing an email into a folder. I include a "take action today" folder and a "take action this week" folder and a "put on calendar" folder.

If and email requires action then take the action immediately. If the email is not important get rid of it and if you think you will want to go back to it then file it so you can find it later. Odds are you will not need to get back to it and if you had left it in your inbox it would just be a distraction.

Organize your email, clear your inbox, and set aside certain times for dealing with your email and watch your productivity increase dramatically.

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