Effectively Manage Email

Posted: March 07, 2016

[caption id="attachment_12627" align="alignright" width="471"] Image from dumblittleman.com[/caption] Email is still one of the most popular forms of electronic communication, especially in the workplace. Large numbers of emails  can be extremely overwhelming. Manage your inbox easily and effectively. Matt Sandrini, writer for Dumb Little Man, shares how to manage your inbox.

8 Principles to Manage Emails in No Time

How much time do you spend checking emails? If you answered “a lot”, you’re almost right. On average, we spend 2.5 hours a day in our inbox every day. Assuming we don’t check emails during the weekend…THAT’S STILL OVER 28 DAYS A YEAR. It’s like spending an entire month in your inbox without ever stopping to eat, sleep, or take a break. That is A LOT. And this doesn’t even factor in the cost of each distraction: every time our attention slips, it takes an average 23 minutes to get back in the zone. Now we’re spending two months doing emails. Your email inbox can be a dangerous time-sucking vortex, full of tasks disguised as messages and excuses to procrastinate. Have you ever spent hours replying to emails, only to feel like you didn’t get anything done by the end of the day? I sure have felt like that too many times, taking care of everybody else’s priorities but my own. Here are the 7 principles I use to cut my email time to less than a third, and make sure that I do work that matters every day: Set your priorities before checking your emails. As soon as you open your inbox, you’re going to be hit by a flood of requests. Read the entire article 8 Principles to Mange Emails in No Time on Dumb Little Man.