The most sanctioned company-sponsored waste of human effort is by far e-mail. The reasons for this are many, but the solution for the individual is relatively simple. By following these guidelines, one can free up hours a week of time to focus on your true priorities and provide an example on how to communicate effectively with email. Following will be some guidelines and then the philosophy behind them.
1) Check your email only three times a day and then close your email client
2) Empty your email