The research is overwhelming. Constant e-mail interruptions make you less productive, less creative and–if you’re e-mailing when you’re doing something else–just plain dumb. Read the full article and cringe… http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2010/march/204980.html
Excerpt from this interesting post on Goal Progress and Happiness: Progress on our goals leads to more positive emotions and more satisfaction with life. It increases our well being. In … Continue reading Goal Progress and Happiness
We’re starting a new feature called “Ask Marsha.” So many of you have emailed me with individual questions, many answers which can be helpful to the rest of us. Here’s … Continue reading Ask Marsha: Is it possible to overload my Outlook Email account with all the stuff I save?
There are so many things on our to do lists, that we’ll never get it all done. While the challenge is to work smarter rather than longer, sometimes it is … Continue reading Productivity: Working More or Working Smarter?
People complain about the increasing numbers of e-mail messages they receive, how much work it is for them to handle, how often they are misread, and – worse – misinterpreted. … Continue reading Seven Things You Can Do to Make Sure People Read AND Understand your Email
OK OK. We all know that the more organized we are, the more efficient we can be… But what does that mean? Here are 12 Tips that you might consider … Continue reading 12 Tips for an Organized Desk
Today’s free resource comes with a slight hitch. For you to receive this five-page PDF of e-mail best practices, you have got to have an empty inbox! After all, it … Continue reading Clean Out Your Inbox Week – Friday’s Free Resource – “Reduce Your Email, Reclaim Your Productivity”
Urgent e-mails are toxic. For a workgroup to truly get anything done, everyone in that workgroup needs to stop using e-mail urgently. The best rule of thumb is that if … Continue reading Clean Out Your Inbox Week – Thursday’s Free Resource – “Stop Urgent Emails” Posters
If you haven’t done so already, take our spiffy online assessment of your e-mailing practices. 20 questions about your incoming e-mail management and 20 questions about your outgoing practices… how … Continue reading Clean Out Your Inbox Week: Wednesday’s Free Resource – Online Assessment
Is your inbox empty yet? Here is an eight page, printable magazine entitled “E-mail Savvy,” that has a lot of great tips and information that will help you be more … Continue reading Clean Out Your Inbox Week: Tuesday’s Free Resource – “Email Savvy” Mini Magazine
It’s Clean Out Your Inbox Week, and each day of this week we are providing our e-mailing and followers with free resources to spur them on to Inbox Zero. Today’s … Continue reading Clean Out Your Inbox Week: Monday’s Free Resource – 10 Best Practices of a Positive Email Culture
