Day 3
Subject: [firstname]: Do you REALLY need all this info?

Hey [firstname]!

Yesterday we talked about all the different sources of distracting information you receive each day; today we're going to start dealing with it.

The first thing to tackle is all the e-mails you receive.  You've probably signed up to a whole bunch of lists over the years, but I'll bet you don't read all the messages anymore.  Yet as soon as you hear that “ping” (or whatever audio notification you have) which tells you there's a new e-mail, you probably stop what you're doing and check it out.

Am I right? Here's what to do:

Go through your inboxes and ask yourself if you still need all this info. Chances are you probably don't. So unsubscribe from lists you no longer read.  Incidentally, the list owner will thank you for this. If you're not reading the messages, there's not a lot of point in ending them to you.  You've become what's known as a “list squatter”, and no use to them at all.

The next thing to do is restrict the experts you follow –  be that by e-mail or on Facebook and Twitter. Is what they are saying still relevant?  If it is, then fine: Keep listening.

But here's the thing… 

A fact is a fact.  Whether you hear it from one expert or another is irrelevant. Just following one expert means you only have to hear it once. 

One person's opinion, of course, differs from another person's, so when you get conflicting advice from different “gurus”, it only adds to the confusion.  Decide who's opinion makes the most sense to you and stifle all the distracting ones.

What about stuff that's just distracting - “joke of the day” type messages etc.? Do you REALLY need to keep receiving them? Probably not, so unsubscribe from those, too.

Talk soon!

[Your Name]

PS. Something that's not distracting is my guide to overcoming information overload.  Find out more here [link to sales page].