Is this disease holding you back... ?

Ever have one of those nights where you just could not fall
asleep?

Last night was one of those nights for me. I tried reading,
watching television and listening to music. None of which worked.
Finally, around 3:00 AM, from sheer exhaustion, I fell asleep.

So if you find more typos in this email than usual, you'll know
why!

There is a plague that might be holding you back and preventing
you from becoming as successful as you could be and that is...

EMAIL ADDICTION!

How many times per day are you checking your email? How many
times a day are you responding to it? If you answered more than
two, you might be addicted.

I LOVE email. It is a great tool for communicating and making
money but it can also be a huge time and energy drain.

People are conditioned to expect an immediate response when they
email you, even with the most inane questions. It is your job to
break their conditioning and let people know that you will
respond to their emails at YOUR earliest possible convenience.
One way to do that is to set up an autoresponder message that
automatically goes out whenever anyone sends you an email. The
message tells the sender that you will get back to them within 3
days, 5 days, a week...whatever you decide.

Another strategy is to get a personal assistant (virtual or real)
and have all of your email go to that person before it lands in
your inbox. Your assistant then responds to all the email she
can, forwards messages that need your personal attention and
deletes email that you don't need to see.

This is the route I have taken and it works great. Of course,
initially, it takes some time because your assistant will not
know the answers to all of the questions that but, over time, she
will be able to handle almost everything.

I answer very, very few of business emails I receive; my personal
assistant takes care of that for me. I have a VERY private email
address for personal email that very few people know about. This
email address comes directly to me.

If you have an email addiction, you don't need to go to a 12-step
meeting. Simply implement the strategies I've given you here.
With a little discipline, you can break your habit and by doing
so become much more productive and have more free time for
yourself.

Big Hig

Joyce
"The Business Growth Queen"

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Online entrepreneur Joyce Oladipo, "Business Growth Queen," is creator of the winning Attractive Marketing E-zine to Jumpstart Your Business offline and online. To learn to Grow You Business In Less Time wth Ease sign up for FREE how-to articles and FREE audio class, at www.BeAWealthyEntrepreneur.com