Here is my argument “pro” e-hoarding is unhealthy: Either comment below or join the commentary at Business week here or at http://www.businessweek.com/debateroom/ ======= You say, “So what?” to hoarding gigabytes of mostly … Continue reading Pro or Con: E-hoarding is unhealthy
Let’s remember the two minute rule. Take the number of items you have in your inbox and multiply that number by 2. That’s the maximum number of minutes this project … Continue reading Ask Marsha: How do I start, moving ALL of those emails out of my inbox?
NO. NO. NO. That’s extra work. That will create another email to handle. If you want or need to save an item that you sent, go into your sent mail, … Continue reading Ask Marsha: Should I send a blind copy of an email to myself, so that I have a record of it?
Here is today’s e-mail management tip: Turn off all dings and flashes. You have got to stop interrupting yourself, and the best way to do it is to turn off … Continue reading National Email Week! Wednesday’s Email Management Tip: Turn off the ding!
Yes, people say “arghhhhhhhhhhhh” when receiving an email that was obviously sent “reply all.” Every unnecessary email has potential to add to both the sender and receiver’s workload, or should … Continue reading Reply All: Friend or Foe? An Overload Story by Jonathan Spira
How many items do you regularly carry in your inbox? Well, if it is more than what recently arrived, chances are that you are using that inbox and its contents … Continue reading The Most Dysfunctional To Do List – Your Email Inbox
As if we don’t have enough emails charging into our inboxes already! Now we have Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. notifications haphazardly gracing that inbox, intterupting us, and adding more messages … Continue reading How to Deal with All Those Social Media Emails
We have all groaned at the email sent to several people and the resultant exploding number of responding “reply all” emails. Trying to solve a problem via a community of … Continue reading The Two ‘Round Rule
You’ll enjoy this 2 minute ABC News Boston segment. Reporter Kelley Tuthill has only 37,000 items in her inbox, and that’s only one of her many email accounts. Click here … Continue reading 37,000 in her email inbox? Detox for ABC Boston reporter Kelley Tuthill…
I just saw a great post on mashable.com, “8 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Get More Out of Twitter” – where Ryan Paugh coined the phrase “Insecurity Work.” According to Ryan, ” “Insecurity … Continue reading Email in-efficiency: “Insecurity Work” a la Ryan Paugh
– It could be that, by deferring this task to the end of the day, you are making yourself read the emails one more time than you need to. We … Continue reading Ask Marsha: At the end of each day, I diligently move the email, both received and sent, into folders. But it is still overwhelming. How do I control it?
