Master your notifications, donโt be their slave ๐ฐ
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐, ๐๐ง ๐-๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐๐ค, ...)
1. The content of the notification, which is basically a task, just added on-top of your to-do list.
2. The fact that itโs popping or not.In other words, a notification can be ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ (e.g. appear as a sound, a banner or a badgeโฆ), and therefore disturb you; or ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ, and therefore only require your attention once or twice a day, all will be handled during your dedicated time for replying to e-mails & messages has arrived.
๐๐๐ You must choose carefully which notifications are popping or showing under your eyes (such as an icon badge), and they must be extremely limited!
Asynchronous communication channels (such as e-mails) should never interrupt you on what you are doing.
Master such channels by defining dedicated time slots in your calendar to check them and tackle some of them (typically called a โfocus sessionโ or โinbox-zero sessionโ).