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Notification ON = Productivity <\/strong>OFF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a completely and utterly obvious statement: Insurance agencies get too many emails.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No kidding, right? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is something most overlook: It is killing your productivity. I’m sorry to tell you that it is your fault. Let me explain\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’re sitting at your desk, working on an account……DING! “You have mail!” Or it’s a text or a phone call, or someone pops in to ask you something. Your attention is ripped away from something important to you to something important to someone else.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you return to what you were doing before, 10, 20, or 30 minutes have passed, and you have had to change your focus several times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do you let that happen? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letting your email inbox or the countless other things that require your attention distract you in this way kills productivity because you have to move in and out of focus on multiple things without completing a task from start to finish. That eats up time and causes anxiety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like the way Winston Churchill addresses this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think about it, all day long, every day you have these things competing for your time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n