The main idea for you to keep in mind is that you are consciously and very deliberately DECIDING to DEFER. So, now, here’s the question. What do you do with those emails that you’ve deferred? What most people do, unfortunately, is leave them in their inbox, which is a poor solution. These emails just pile [...]
Tags: action, email, inbox, overwhelm, Productivity
Let’s talk about the notion of DEFER as a sane and sensible email practice. What does ‘defer’ mean? First of all, defer does not mean procrastinate. To defer something is a deliberate decision that you make. As far as email is concerned, you could decide to defer an email for several reasons, such as: You [...]
In the same way that ants, termites, roaches, or any other bugs will come into your house (or office) uninvited, in essence email does the same thing. I think you will agree that it would be highly annoying and unacceptable for a person to be hanging around all the time, asking questions, reminding you of [...]
Tags: defend, defense, email, encroachment
Many folks are just not sane and sensible about their email – and it ends up controlling them instead of them controlling it! Here is one important sane and sensible suggestion: DETERMINE when you will check and respond to email. If you are like the average professional today – and you put this notion into practice, [...]
Shipley, David & Schwalbe, Will. SEND: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home. Much of what’s in this book is common sense…at least one would think so. However, it clearly ISN’T common sense or common practice at this point. Read this book and buy some for friends and colleagues, too. If you love [...]
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Morgenstern, Julie. Never Check E-Mail in the Morning (And Other Unexpected Strategies for Making Your Work Life Work). Morgenstern originally published this book under the title Making Work Work, and then realized that the provocative phrase “Never Check Email in the Morning” would make her book fly off the shelves. It should fly off the [...]
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In yesterday’s post, you learned how to set up folders. Today, we will talk about how to structure your folders. Let’s get a visual image first. Imagine your file cabinet. When you open it up, you might see 10 folders in there. That’s all fine, but if you started stuffing each individual folder with several folders [...]
Tags: email, folders, organization, Productivity
Do you use folders in your email system? If you do, then you’ll want to read this 2-part post to find out how to use them more effectively. If you don’t, then be sure to read this post to find out ways of setting up folders – and why you would want to do so. [...]
Song, Mike; Halsey, Vicki; & Burress, Tim. The Hamster Revolution: Stop Info-Glut–Reclaim Your Life. Although the use of a hamster as the main character throughout this book is a tiny bit irritating, the book itself is excellent. You just have to ignore Mr. Hamster. These authors have done extensive research on how to increase productivity [...]
Tags: email, info glut, Mike Song, organization, Tim Burress, Vicki Halsey
If you want to control your email instead of having it control you, then one of the first changes to make in your mindset is this…decide to decide. Here’s what I mean by that… Get it into your head before you ever sit down to work on your email that you are a decision maker! [...]
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