Oregon Law Practice Management

Practice Management Tips for Oregon Lawyers

Getting a Grip on Digital Distraction

Posted on 07/18/2016 by beverlym

Last week I promised to continue sharing the “best of” tips from the inaugural Oregon State Bar Solo & Small Firm Conference. Today I’m featuring Paul J. Unger of Affinity Consulting who gave practical, easy-to-implement advice on how to tame the digital chaos.

A complete list of Paul’s tips can be found here. A few of the best gems appear below:

Our minds don't turn off. Have a means to capture random thoughts to avoid worrying and maintain focus. #TameChaos #Solosmallconf

— Beverly A. Michaelis (@OreLawPracMgmt) July 9, 2016

Meet (huddle) with staff briefly to determine day's priorities. Morning is good – #TameChaos #Solosmallconf

— Beverly A. Michaelis (@OreLawPracMgmt) July 9, 2016

Process email faster – use QuickParts and AutoText in Outlook. Other programs have this capability. #TameChaos #Solosmallconf

— Beverly A. Michaelis (@OreLawPracMgmt) July 9, 2016

Touch email once: use the 4 Ds – delete, do, delegate, delay (create a task from the email) #TameChaos #Solosmallconf

— Beverly A. Michaelis (@OreLawPracMgmt) July 9, 2016

Batch process email. Be deliberate and intentional about checking email. 5-10 times per day, not 74. #TameChaos #Solosmallconf

— Beverly A. Michaelis (@OreLawPracMgmt) July 9, 2016

Try the Pomodoro Technique. #TameChaos #Solosmallconf – Work on the task for 25 mins. pic.twitter.com/lvvAfqY8jZ

— Beverly A. Michaelis (@OreLawPracMgmt) July 9, 2016

Look for more content from the inaugural Solo & Small Firm Conference in future posts.

All Rights Reserved 2016 Beverly Michaelis

1 thought on “Getting a Grip on Digital Distraction”

Pingback: The Best Legal Blog Posts of 2016 | Oregon Law Practice Management

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

%d bloggers like this: