Bad habit Quote by Jocelyn K. Glei

Never check email first thing in the morning. Instead, complete your most important task before 11:00 A.M. to avoid using lunch or reading email…

— Tim Ferriss

I have too many friends who tell me that they spend the first hour of every morning going through their e-mail messages. I'd like…

— Alan Lightman

I learned not to confuse 'busy' with 'productive,' but I'm still far too addicted to email to resist its early-morning digital snuggles.

— Chris Hardwick

I only read email early in the morning or in the evenings, which isn't perfect, but that's how I like it. I don't want…

— Rajeev Suri

“A 15-minute gap in your day is plenty of time to write and read, but not if you check your email first.”

— M.J. Pullen

“There are people who can be relied upon to respond promptly to emails, and those who can’t. Strive to be one of the former.…

— Eric Schmidt

“A little Internet browsing and a few marginally important e-mails never ruined anyone’s life strategy. But we’re not really talking about a little and…

— Geoffrey Tumlin

“it’s just so much easier to do e-mail than to actually sit down and think.”

— Jocelyn K. Glei

Email is having an increasingly pernicious effect. Not only is it having a perceptible effect on productivity, it's skewing what it is we focus…

— Noreena Hertz

“E-mail inboxes, in theory, can distract you only when you choose to open them, whereas instant messenger systems are meant to be always active—magnifying…

— Cal Newport

We're at the point now where the challenge isn't how to communicate effectively with e-mail; it's ensuring that you spend your time on the…

— Bill Gates

In the morning, I have certain aspirations. One of my goals is to avoid looking at the computer or checking e-mail for at least…

— Matt Mullenweg