Stuck between mediocrity and excellence

Do you open your email, scan the subject lines, and then close your email-- only to open it back up again?  Are there emails that you should have responded to weeks ago that are important, and they are now lost?  Does the thought of the shear volume of email that you have to look through cause anxiety?  If any of these symptoms apply, you are probably suffering from email paralysis.  One solution: Delete EVERYTHING . If the email was truly important, you would have responded or read it by now.  Another solution:  Grab some coffee, a Monster or Red Bull, and saddle up. It's time to GTD it and start using a system to process your inbox.  Turn of the distractions like Lync or IM. Turn off the text messages.  The second solution doesn't guarantee that email paralysis will strike again.  More than likely it will, unless you seek therapy.  The first step is admitting that you have a problem in the first place. 

For those of you that are trying to get more done in the time that you have - we all have 1,440 minutes a day - below are a few productivity resources to help you out.  I'll be completely transparent and tell you that I am not the most productive person in the world. In fact, I'm just as distracted by the Internet as are most people. But if you have the feeling that you could accomplish more, then here are some resources to guide and motivate you.  Extreme Productivity - When Robert C. Pozen lays out everything that he's accomplished, you will immediately feel like you haven't accomplished anything. The book is pragmatic and a good first book to read. It covers all the bases.  The Power of Full Engagement - Tony Schwartz takes his experience with working with world-class athletes to lay out what it takes to accomplish peak performance. This is what productivity is about, right? It's not just about the shear number of widgets you can crank out, it's the im...