“What Successful People Do With The First Hour Of Their Work Day”
Interesting article recently published on Fast Company entitled “What Successful People Do With The First Hour Of Their Work Day”
Small spoiler: “Don’t check e-mail for the first hour”
I’ve always struggled with this concept and tend to do the opposite first thing when I sit down at my desk in the morning. My entire business life is online. I hardly do phone or face to face anything so for me my e-mail client tends to be a bag of bricks sitting on my chest first thing in the morning. I try to spend my first hour addressing e-mail and clearing my plate so that I can move forward with a clear mind and tackle the most important tasks of the day. I like to examine and consider all advice or ideas, like those in the article, but by the same token I’m a firm believer that everyone should experiment and create their own hybrid system for approaching their work day.
