{"id":1617,"date":"2013-09-04T10:06:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T15:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kbicblog.com\/blog\/healthcare-finance\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2017-01-04T13:39:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T19:39:03","slug":"dont-be-distracted-by-your-inbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kbicblog.com\/healthcare-finance\/candidate-career-resources\/dont-be-distracted-by-your-inbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Be Distracted By The Cat In Your Inbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Don&#8217;t be distracted by your inbox.<a href=\"http:\/\/kbicblog.com\/blog\/academic-medicine\/files\/2013\/09\/full-in-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"full-in-box\" src=\"http:\/\/kbicblog.com\/blog\/academic-medicine\/files\/2013\/09\/full-in-box.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>This one is difficult for most people\u2014but the experts agree that you shouldn\u2019t check your e-mail first thing in the morning. If you do, only read and respond to messages that are urgent. &#8220;Priority-scan your inbox,\u201d Taylor says. \u201cNot all e-mails were created equal. Hone your ability to quickly sift the wheat from the chaff and address what must be answered on an urgent basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attridge agrees. \u201cOnly respond immediately to the urgent messages so that you control your morning activities.\u201d There will be time during the day to respond to the less urgent e-mails.<\/p>\n<p>Why must you put off checking e-mails?\u00a0\u201cFor far too many people, e-mail and the web can serve as huge timewasters and distracters, particularly in the morning,\u201d Kerr says. \u201cOnce you start checking e-mails, it\u2019s a click away from watching the funny video someone forwarded you, which then sucks you into the abyss: checking the sports scores on line, the news headlines, the stocks, et cetera, and before you know it you\u2019ve been watching a cat play the drums for twenty minutes and, like a poorly planned Oscars ceremony, your entire schedule is already thrown off before you\u2019ve even begun your day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jacquelynsmith\/2013\/08\/23\/16-things-you-should-do-at-the-start-of-every-work-day\/\">Read all 16 Things You Should Do at the Starts of every Work Day by Forbes.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t be distracted by your inbox. 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