Let’s talk about the misunderstandings about emails, text messages, and others, and be careful about being kidnapped by company idlers.

Arrive at the office early in the morning, quickly browse through emails and text messages, identify those that are both important and urgent (such as your boss’s, key internal customers), and have a general idea of the rest, and have a rough plan for the day. Then immediately deal with those that are both important and urgent, reply to emails that should be replied, send instructions that should be sent, and make phone calls that should be made immediately. Next, don’t immediately reply to the remaining emails and other messages that seem urgent but are actually unimportant, because once you start replying, you may be kidnapped by idle people. 

there will always be a bunch of idlers for compay. How do the idlers prove that they are busy? They ask all kinds of “good” questions and “check” all kinds of “gates” through emails and messages one after another. Once you reply, the idlers will continue to ask questions, continue to “check”, and copy all kinds of people, from your boss. At this time, you have to continue to reply, but the idlers’ curiosity will only grow, and the questions will only increase. The number of people you copy will also increase, and you have to reply more and more, otherwise it will seem that you have not done your job well.

This is not the worst. If this email or messages arouses the “curiosity” of a boss, and he asks a random question or a few irrelevant sentences, you will be busy for most of the day. These executives work eight hours a day and have 10 hours of meetings. They check emails in between meetings. They often don’t have time to read all the emails and only have a vague understanding of the specific things. You have to rack your brains to figure out what the boss means. You write and revise the email, afraid of writing too much detail, and afraid of not writing enough detail.

In this way, the time you spend explaining far exceeds the time you actually work. Finally, curiosity is satisfied, the idle people go to lunch contentedly, and your morning is over. 

The bigger the company, the more idlers there are, and the more troubles they create. In a large company, it is difficult to work with idlers. This is especially true when idlers and villains are one and the same. As a professional, you cannot ignore them: idlers are also people. If you ignore them, they will spread bad things about you everywhere, it will affect your future. You care too much and don’t have time. What should you do?

Instead of replying to emails and messages one by one, it is better to go straight over and settle the matter face to face; or at least make a phone call and reply to everyone, saying that you have communicated with a certain idle person and the matter is settled. If anyone’s curiosity is not satisfied, call you directly. This will completely block the idle people’s way and “kill” a bunch of emails and WeChat messages in the cradle.

Also, if you see your subordinates sitting face to face, but sending emails and messages to each other one after another, and copying numerous people, you should give them a wake-up call, confiscate their computers and mobile phones, and check whether their mouths can still move.

As a manager, you should not reply to emails or messages as soon as you see them. Let them cool down and focus on important things first. Remember, if the matter is really that important and urgent, the person should come to you directly or at least give you a call.

The presence of idle individuals in the workplace can impede productivityu and communication. It is essentials for managersi to address these ne situations promptly tos maintain efficiency and focuss on essential tasks. Rather than engaging in immediate email or message responses, encourage direct communication or phone calls for urgent matters.