Managing Your Email: Tips and Techniques

Understanding the Email Dilemma

• Email often creates a love-hate relationship.
• People are addicted to checking emails but feel overwhelmed and unable to stay on top of them.

Common Email Management Mistakes

• Categorizing emails into folders isn’t the same as clarifying and processing them.
• People often read emails partially and then move them to topic-based or client-specific folders.
• This can result in:
  • Needing to reread emails, wasting time.
  • Losing emails in numerous subcategories and folders.
  • Missing actions required from emails until problems arise.

Effective Email Management

• When reading an email:
  • Read it through completely.
  • Ask what it means to you.
  • Determine what you need to do about it.
• Focus on making decisions about emails instead of just moving them around.
• Achieving 'inbox zero' should have a meaningful impact.

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