Email has become essential for business, especially if you’re a creative professional. However, with email so easily available on your smartphone, many of us find ourselves getting interrupted all day long.

Melissa Alam is the founder and creative director of her own design agency in Philadelphia. She took the extreme step of removing email from her phone entirely. However, she tells us getting more productive time during her workday wasn’t her original goal.Special Guest: Melissa Alam.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="https://makethewebsiteworkforme.com" rel="nofollow">Johns & Taylor</a>: <a href="https://makethewebsiteworkforme.com" rel="nofollow">We're user experience specialists, serving media and technology companies that want their websites to work. Learn more about how top performing businesses eliminate barriers between customers and their goals at www.MaketheWebsiteWorkForMe.com.</a></li></ul>Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/i-deleted-all-my-apps-2019-3" title="Natalia Lusinski deleted ALL the apps from her phone" rel="nofollow">Natalia Lusinski deleted ALL the apps from her phone</a></li><li><a href="https://jkglei.com/email-overload/" title=" Jocelyn K. Glei recommends 17 email tools" rel="nofollow"> Jocelyn K. Glei recommends 17 email tools</a></li><li><a href="https://due.com/blog/4-phone-apps-to-delete-to-be-more-productive/" title="Renzo Costarella recommends deleting these four things from your phone" rel="nofollow">Renzo Costarella recommends deleting these four things from your phone</a></li><li><a href="https://www.boomeranggmail.com/" title="Melissa uses Boomerang to send emails in the middle of the night" rel="nofollow">Melissa uses Boomerang to send emails in the middle of the night</a></li></ul>

Nick Darlington

"Search and Replace" spotlights how smart, curious professionals seek balance and focus in their lives. Each episode investigates a single change that can improve effectiveness at work or increase personal enjoyment.