Pizza Today -December 2022 - 12

MIKE'S MONTHLY TIP
MIKE BAUSCH
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camp, Slack, HubSpot, ploppy plop,
or any random notifi cation boards you
get roped into using, have them forward
to your e-mail. Th is goes double
for Facebook; it's a time suck; avoid it.
Th e goal is to avoid logging into each
one and instead only see what you
need to see on one portal, e-mail.
For all the text messages, Facebook
messages, Instagram messages and
WhatsApp messages, try and have
them all in the same spot on your
phone or, even better, on your desktop
as an app because texting from a
computer is a lot easier.
Additionally, take e-mails you can't
Owner Digital Workfl ow
T
he amount of e-mails and
text notifi cations we all
receive has grown to an
insane quantity. As an owner or leader
in your company, your ability to communicate
quickly and eff ectively will
lead to profi t and peace of mind. Still,
it's so hard managing the tonnage
of information coming your way. I
got asked twice this last month how,
with 13 concepts and hundreds of
employees, I handle all the notifi cations,
e-mails, and texts. So this is a
process I've seen work, and maybe it
will work for you. You need this as
much as solid recipe documentation
and proper funding if you want to
open on time, run effi ciently and grow
dependably.
First off , unsubscribe from everything
that's not worth your time. DO
THAT TODAY. Go through your
trash folder and unsubscribe there
so those e-mails don't come back.
Block them if you can't unsubscribe.
Next, create new e-mail addresses to
use as inboxes because they're free or
very cheap. Make a separate e-mail
for personal, work, social media and
e-mails you want to tend to later but
don't want out of an inbox.
On a smartphone, it's easy to see
all your e-mailboxes at once. However,
on a computer, use something
like mac mail or thunderbird; if you
log into each individual e-mail on
your browser, you are wasting time,
making it hard to move individual
e-mails between inboxes. Th is practice
of multiple e-mail use is called subinboxing
to triage your workload.
Try to get everything sent to you
via e-mail. For all the apps, groups,
messaging centers, etc., like Baseappropriately
respond to yet and drag
them to a sub-inbox to get to " inbox
zero " of what you can control. You
could fl ag e-mails or use certain mail
apps with the option to " circle back " ,
but it's easier to drag it into your later
folder for stuff you can't address today.
Th e goal really should be for inbox
zero every day. Th at's not OCD talking;
that's what it takes to move the
ball down the fi eld daily.
If you are under water with e-mails,
take 25 minutes uninterrupted, truly
uninterrupted, to pound it out. You'll
be fascinated by how much you get
through in 25 minutes. Once that
timer goes off , see how much it has
dwindled. I've seen what I get done in
three hours become 25 minutes doing
it this way.
Th is process isn't magic, but it's
highly eff ective at getting rid of the
fl uff and getting work done, especially
when you need to move on to more
important things. I don't know anyone
who says, " I'm too organized. " Organization
is not a gift; it's a learned
trait. Th e more responsive you are, the
more those around you are responsive,
and that's how progress is achieved.
MIKE BAUSCH is the owner of Andolini's Pizzeria in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Instagram: @mikeybausch
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