Ask yourself this question, but think carefully and honestly about the answer first: do you spend more time answering your emails than you do creating an organized inbox and carrying out your daily filing routine? Very likely, the answer will be no. It seems more and more of us are spending an increasing amount of [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 16, 2008
How To Turn An Email Into A Communication
More and more emails being sent these days have more in common with mobile phone text messages than they do with the original concept of the electronic mail message. Part of the problem, lies with the very simplicity and speed that the email system has come to profit by. All too often, an email can [...]
April 14, 2008
The Delete Key Versus An Extra Day Each Month
There are four main ways in which it is possible to keep on top of your inbox, and avoid the panic that comes with email stress and the significant loss of time that the inevitable email overload causes.
The first method is very simply. Carefully highlight all of the emails in your inbox. Then, gently press [...]
April 6, 2008
How To Avoid Work When You’re Checking Email
When was the last time you cleaned out your inbox? I don’t just mean looked at it, or briefly squinted at it whilst trying not to let yourself admit how full or overloaded it was. The chances are, if you’re like millions of other email users suffering from email overload and seriously reduced email productivity, [...]
April 2, 2008
Killing email doesn’t help anymore
Quiet some time ago, I had a great system for keeping my inbox uncluttered and avoid email overload. For every email that I received I had an auto responder which said:
PLEASE NOTE: I receive way too many emails a day! I respond to emails between 8 – 10 AM, all emails in my inbox which [...]
April 1, 2008
Organized Inbox, Potato Peelers, Broken Pencils And My Aunt Gertrude
I have a real problem with drawers. My kitchen drawer looks like a stationery shop collided with a cutlery factory. I have drawers stacked so full of odds and ends that opening or shutting them becomes a task that needs real planning. If I need anything, I know exactly where it is though – in [...]
