Email is not your friend. Email is like your obnoxious neighbor Chad who enjoys playing the bagpipes early Sunday morning. But, worse because on top of being kinda annoying, your email is cleverly disguised as a productivity enhancing super-buddy. It slowly drains you of all your time, focus and output by constantly distracting you with other people’s demands, no matter how ridiculous they may be.

You want to spend time with your spouse, your kids, your dog, your best friend, your animatronic clown – but no, you’re spending time with email.

When you woke up this morning and checked your inbox, did email tell you that you it had saved you a bunch of time and you had the day off? Did email do your work for you?

No!

Email asked if you’d be int...