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
This solution comes under the heading of working to manage yourself even better. Sometimes we understand what we need to change, yet we have a hard time making the change. … Continue reading Ask Marsha: My problem is that I am addicted. I check my e-mail 24/7. I know I should check my e-mail only periodically but I can’t seem to stick to it… What can I do?
First, KUDOS! It is extremely important that you do have a high priority of not offending others. I think we have all been around reformed smokers or people who’ve lost … Continue reading Ask Marsha: My biggest challenge after being “converted” to your system is getting others trained on how I want to receive emails. How do I get them to work within my new parameters without offending them?
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, interrupting us, and adding more messages … Continue reading How to Deal with All Those Social Media Emails
We have all groaned at the email send to several and exploding number of responding “reply all” emails. Trying to solve a problem via a community of emails can be … Continue reading The Two ‘Round Rule
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?
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! Send us your … Continue reading Clean Out Your Inbox Week – Friday’s Free Resource
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
