Have you ever wondered why the more on top of your email you are, the more behind you get in your actual work? Well, you are not alone.

When I go to the office, there are a few morning rituals that I do before I call the day “started.” Set up my laptop (of course), get the mornin’ brew from the coffee machine, send out a few tweets and catch up on my email.

Now, just like the rest of you, I get TONS of email. Also like the rest of you, I leave Outlook and Gmail open all day while I work. WRONG. There is no way we can concentrate fully on what we are doing if we are constantly staring at the outlook new mail popup every 3 minutes.

Suggestion: Close all of your email clients and schedule them throughout your day just like any other task. You will get so much more done!