Do you know someone with an email addiction?
It may seem ludicrous that you could be addicted to something as simple and benign as email, but email addiction, or e-ddiction as I like to call it, is an … Continue reading Do you know someone with...
View ArticleEmail E-ddiction: Step 2
Once you’ve decided to change (for the better) the next step is: Take ownership. Believe that it is possible for YOU to take control of your email and to manage … Continue reading Email E-ddiction: Step 2
View ArticleEmail E-ddiction: Step 3
Turn off automatic send/receive. That’s right! Turn the “dang ding” off! Once YOU’ve decided to TAKE CONTROL of your email, this allows you to check your email when it best … Continue reading Email...
View ArticleEmail E-ddiction: Step 4
Step 4: Change your view of the inbox. Take a minute to think about your postal mailbox. As you pull your mail out, you might flip through each item deciding … Continue reading Email E-ddiction: Step 4
View ArticleEmail E-ddiction: Step 6
Step 6: Create and use e-folders Your efforts to keep your inbox empty will hinge on the effectiveness of the email folder system you establish to manage your messages. Then, … Continue reading Email...
View ArticleEmail E-ddiction: Step 5
Step 5: Empty your inbox every time you view it. Leaving email messages you have already read in your inbox is just as counter-productive as leaving old mail in the … Continue reading Email E-ddiction:...
View ArticleEmail E-ddiction: Step 7
Step 7: Apply the Two-Minute Rule. Here’s my golden (secret) rule of email management: If an email can be handled and responded to in two minutes or less, then take … Continue reading Email E-ddiction:...
View ArticleEmail E-ddiction: Step 8
Step 8: Plan your day. This is where it all comes together…A lot of folks fear that if they put their emails in a folder, they’ll forget them. This step … Continue reading Email E-ddiction: Step 8
View ArticleEmail E-ddiction: Step 9
Step 9: Budget time to sort email. Too many people underestimate the amount of time sorting their email will consume. However, email is becoming an increasingly significant part of most … Continue...
View ArticleEmail E-ddiction: Step 11
Step 11: Involve others in conquering your e-ddiction. One of the best ways to ensure that you stay on track and won’t “fall off the wagon” is to involve others … Continue reading Email E-ddiction:...
View ArticleEmail E-ddiction: Step 12
Step 12: Celebrate success, and commit to “staying clean!” Many of my clients have told me that this twelve-step process actually helped them regain their lives! Now that you know … Continue reading...
View ArticleWhat is SO hard about turning it off???
What is SO hard about turning it off??? This is NOT rocket science. But it IS personal control. Given all of the email you receive daily, perhaps it is difficult … Continue reading What is SO hard...
View ArticleAOL Email Addiction Survey is Frightening!
I am troubled by the findings of AOL’s recent email addiction survey. While almost all US citizens check their email frequently, this new research shows that a significant percentage of … Continue...
View ArticleSo who is more important, your date or your e-mail?
I’m having trouble getting off of this latest AOL e-mail addiction survey.. 25%, or one out of four people who responded to the survey, admitted to checking their e-mail while … Continue reading So who...
View ArticleAre you “married to your office?”
Technology is great. There have been so many advancements that make things so efficient, effective, and yes, inexpensive. I still think that the advent of the e-mail is one of … Continue reading Are...
View ArticleAre you willing to die for your e-mail? DWT
E-mail can be a deadly habit…. A few months ago, an executive proudly explained to me how he holds his Blackberry with his thumbs and forefingers at the top of … Continue reading Are you willing to die...
View ArticleZzzmailing — a new late-night culprit?!!
We’ve all heard of sleep walking, sleep talking, and even sleep eating, but now there’s a new late-night culprit – sleep e-mailing, or zzzmailing, as it’s now been dubbed. The … Continue reading...
View ArticleA Perennially Empty Inbox – How ’bout THAT for a New Year’s Resolution?
Happy New Year, everyone! This is the time when many people make resolutions for the New Year… so I’d like to add my two cents. Resolve to empty your inbox … Continue reading A Perennially Empty Inbox...
View ArticleAre your email and internet habits above or below average?
RescueTime, a company that analyzes computer habits, has found that the average American worker checks 40 Web sites daily, checks e-mail 50 times and uses instant messaging 77 times a … Continue...
View ArticleKlaus Givskov-Christensen on “Inbox Detox”
Here is a review of my book, wanted to share – Inbox Detox: If you’re anything like me, you can’t function without email. We rely on it daily for communication … Continue reading Klaus...
View ArticleRe-energize the economy with productivity, not cost cutting!
Maybe we are looking at this all wrong… Businesses are downsizing because they can’t afford the employee salaries and extras. Don’t they realize that most workers who rely on e-mail … Continue reading...
View ArticleDare to count the number of times you check your inbox daily
Here’s something to try: Pick a day, and Count each time you look at your inbox. Tic marks are all you need. Go ahead. Then at the end of the … Continue reading Dare to count the number of times you...
View ArticleRegain Time While Becoming More Productive – Podcast with Tom Gray
Join Social Media Mentor Tom Gray and me as we discuss how to detoxify your inbox, and manage your email productivity. Here’s his post. And here is the link to the … Continue reading Regain Time While...
View ArticleE-mail Management Best Practice: Flush your Inbox
The main goal of proper inbox maintenance is to keep your inbox available for newly-received items. Don’t get the shakes… it IS possible, and it DOES work. Emptying your inbox does … Continue reading...
View ArticleHate Having a Cluttered Desk?
Hate having a Cluttered Desk? Then why are there so many messages in your inbox? Keeping numerous emails in your inbox is akin to keeping all of your paper tasks … Continue reading Hate Having a...
View ArticleStudy: Email addiction causes employees to engage in inappropriate and risky...
Ostermann Research’s second annual “Mobile Messaging Study” polled employees at businesses to learn about their email habits and found that 95 percent of those surveyed check their business email...
View ArticleInternet Addiction “might” get added as an official addiction!
According to TechDirt.com, some psychiatrists have been pushing hard to have internet addiction officially classified in the psychiatrist’s bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...
View ArticleWant to Change Your Emailing Habits? Invest a Month
The way you manage your email only becomes a habit through repetition. In order to make these simple tips work, they have to become part of a daily routine. It … Continue reading Want to Change Your...
View ArticleEmail efficiency tip: View your inbox to SORT, rather than “work” your new items
People everywhere struggle with how to manage their inboxes. Try this approach: Sort rather than work. I liken the viewing of the newly received email as a “sort” function rather … Continue reading...
View ArticleEmail E-ddiction: You Know You’re Addicted When…
Just for fun, we’ve come up with some thought provoking (ok, silly) ways to tell if you’re addicted to your email and inbox: •You email yourself if you haven’t received … Continue reading Email...
View ArticleIT Management Slideshow: 9 Telltale Signs of Smartphone Addiction
View this great online slideshow of 9 signs that you might be addicted to your Smartphone, composed by Dennis McCafferty of CIO Insight. Texting while drving a two ton killing … Continue reading IT...
View ArticleUnplugging on Vacation: Guest Post by Emily Matthews
Maybe you’ve become aware of the fact that you can’t seem to stop yourself from refreshing your Gmail inbox, your Facebook homepage, or your endless Twitter feed. Maybe you’re … Continue reading...
View ArticleMonday Motivator: Check that Screen Time!
Here's a thought for this week: Make note of how much ....
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