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- Nina Schwarting: What can you if your email inbox overcomes Many leaders know the problem. You were on vacation maybe an extended weekend, and you back and look at your inbox and suddenly see 300, 400 and sometimes even 500 unread emails. Yes, that sounds totally crazy and crazy. But for those who were the monster it's not that absurd It just more more with reality. And what we forget is that it's just emails that in our email inbox. At the moment, from a neurobiological point view, much more in us, which then also the quality of our decisions, our actions in everyday work. Because what many do not know, This moment where we so many unread emails in our mailbox is a moment in which a feeling of loss arises. Not cognitively aware, but subconsciously. Our nervous system says, wait, that's way too many emails that I haven't processed yet and that feels damn insecure. So that means from a neurobiological point these emails will a list of unfinished threats. Sounds totally crazy at first, but it to our neurobiology, that it is completely normal. And we simply learn to this situation, so that we 300, 400, 500 emails directly on our page again. I you little exercise, it's totally easy, you it anytime, you don't to go on vacation you can in your workflow. And this exercise only two minutes. I'll briefly how the exercise works and then a little bit about why we should what you need is a timer. Make sure to a timer, because otherwise this exercise has the potential that you quickly and in the exercise and then it two minutes, ten minutes, thirty minutes or even longer. You really just to get little more control over your email mail box Erschaffen. Was tust du in den zwei Minuten? Du scans die Betreffzeile in deiner E-Mails und dabei entscheidest du sofort, also wirklich beim Scannen deiner Betreffzeile, ob du diese Mail löschen möchtest, ob du sie delegieren kannst oder ob du sie markieren tust, weil du später zurückkommst und diese Mail inhaltlich nochmal bearbeitest. Du sortierst also. And that for maximum 10 mails that you in these 2 minutes. Maybe you more. Just Sometimes they are not the relevant numbers. Then you at the name again. Does it come from a person who is important or not? But if you and 10 mails in you delete, delegate or mark them, then it more like a lot of control. for your nervous system. And this is an exercise you can do in morning, afternoon, the And then can your post office for to really focus on your And you know with these little two-minute exercises that you control over your email post office Why exactly this exercise? What is neurobiological behind it? Our brain stores open tasks in the so-called zygotic effect. This means that unfinished things stay active in the brain. Even if you consciously think the that you 500 open mails, they still into thoughts loops. And if you with this little 2-minute exercise and consciously decide what happens then can these mental loops in your head. This reduces activity in the stress network of the brain. And definitely the feeling of control. So just try it out, it doesn't and then you'll least 10 emails less.