Maximize Your Productivity by Minimizing Alerts

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Being bombarded by notifications interferes with your productivity. Here are the alerts you should skip and those notifications you can’t live without.

You’re foolish if you think alerts are appropriate and productive.

Sometimes, we need someone who will be square with us about our weaknesses. And while it may feel mean or hurtful to be called out, there is no compassion in letting others stumble and struggle.

Sure, some alerts are necessary, but beyond those few notifications, every chime, ding, buzz, and hum is destroying your productivity and mental well-being.

You can justify your actions all day, but there’s a reason why giant corporations like Apple, Google, and Meta spend billions each year training us to obey each ding like one of Pavlov’s dogs at dinner time.

When setting up notifications on your devices, ask yourself, “Is this serving you?”

Are these seemingly small notifications helping you build the life and the type of business that you want?