Regular consumers of the Wily Manager website and podcasts will know we make the occasional Seinfeld reference when making our point. In the spirit of the 1992 Emmy Award winning episode, “The Contest”, we submit our list of ways in which dealing with email is a lot like being the “Master of Your Domain”:
- The ridiculous amount of time you spend doing it, is something you really should keep to yourself.
- It’s something you know everyone else is doing, but you’re never really sure.
- If you don’t exercise caution and discretion, it can be really embarrassing.
- It’s all about you… and really has nothing to do with anyone else.
- It can make you go blind.
There are five more reasons that I chose not to publish, because many people visit our website from their workplace, and I’d rather not have it get caught up in a firewall.
For those that have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about, I’m hoping the video clip below helps, and if not, you should google: “Seinfeld: The Contest”. It’s even on Wikipedia.
Are you master of your domain? Cause, “I’m out. I’m out of the contest.”
I gotta go answer some email now.