You sit down to tackle a big project, and within minutes, your inbox pings. A Slack message follows. By the time you’ve responded to those, another four have hit your inbox. Before you know it, your morning’s derailed, and your deep work window is gone.

Email alone consumes over a quarter of the average professional’s workweek. But it’s not just the volume that hurts. It’s how email fragments your attention, blocks deep work, and subtly sabotages your success. The average knowledge worker gets hit with 117 emails and 153 chat messages a day. And they check email on average 15 times daily, often reacting instead of prioritizing.

At Lifehack Method, we coach busy professionals on how to reclaim their time and do meaningful, fulfilling work. I’ve interviewed hundreds of managers and executi

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