I don't know about you, but I get a little twitchy when I see unread messages in my inbox. In fact, I often get an overwhelming compulsion to stop everything and check them out immediately.

After all, my prospects might be ready to close the deal. Or, they have an important question I need to answer right away.

Sound familiar? The truth is, most of us do suffer from email addiction. But in reality, what we're suffering from is dopamine addiction.

E-mail addiction is a real problem

I know. I know. I sound pretty smart with all this brain research I've been quoting this past year. But, since it's highly likely that you haven't been reading the latest neuroscience studies, let me clarify what I mean.

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