Email Outages & Productivity

This blog posting Turn an Email Outage into a Productivity Boost made me proud that I shut down my email when trying to complete projects. The opportunity and ability to focus to get the kinks worked into and then out of a PowerPoint presentation is crucial. So do you turn off your wireless in class to make sure you are focusing on the process? Don't you think doing this would enable you to follow the discussion more closely, getting to the fine points the professor is trying to make, and probably providing you insight on what the professor will find important in the final exam? When you're writing your resume or editing a writing sample, do you focus on the task at hand or do you allow yourself interruptions that cause you to lose focus? Consider what putting down the iPhone/Blackberry, etc for just part of every day can mean for your productivity.