Communication Load Protocol.

Take deliberate control of the personal communication load, the messages, notifications, and channels that fragment the day, so focus blocks actually hold.

For most people the single largest threat to focus is the constant pull of communication channels, and managing that load is a learnable discipline, not a personality trait.

Sort your channels

Channel

Real-time or scheduled?

If scheduled, checked when?

Turn off the notifications that interrupt without earning it. Which will I keep on (the few that are genuinely real-time)?

Batch reactive communication: the defined windows when I will handle messages

My response-time norms, and how I will communicate them so others know when to expect a reply

Honor the team channel norms

Where the team has defined what belongs in which channel, your personal practice is to follow those lines rather than treat everything as urgent. The team protocol and this personal protocol reinforce each other.

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