Become free to focus when you are not reading messages

Published: June 13, 2022, 6:45 a.m.

About six months ago or so (in Done! No. 500, to be specific), I addressed the issue of remembering to read, respond to, or in some other way acknowledge messages you and I receive in an increasing number of channels. I am referring to chat messages, direct messages, Linkedin messages, messages on other social media platforms, SMS, and of course also emails.

The trick I described then that works very well for me is to do a metaphorical \u201cdoctor\u2019s round\u201d which you take every morning and during which you browse through all the different channels and deal with any new messages you have received.

But what if you have a few channels that need to be attended to more often than once a day?

In this episode, the 521:st, I share how to set up recurring tasks in your to-do list to remember to check these channels at the right interval effortlessly.\xa0

Have you solved this nuisance in some other way? If so, tell me how. As you might have guessed by now, I am always curious to hear about new solutions and tricks.


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