September 25, 2019

#32 HOW TO CONQUER YOUR EMAIL INBOX

29 minutes

How many emails do you have in your inbox? Need some tips on how to conquer your email inbox? You can increase your productivity and reduce your email anxiety by doing three things: (1.) making behavioral changes; (2.) employing technology hacks; and (3.) effectively managing our sent mail! The first thing to do is to redefine the role of email. Email is not something to check off of your TO DO list. It is not an accomplishment. Email is a tool. Email is something that you can use to get the real work done.

References & Links

BOOKS

“Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” by David Allen – https://amzn.to/31KRfP2

The GTD Workbook – https://amzn.to/31HI02b

“Unsubscribe: how to kill email anxiety, avoid distractions, and get real work done” by Jocelyn K Glei – https://amzn.to/2Qm4HYt

“Predictably Irrational” by Dan Ariely – https://amzn.to/30dxJhi

“Because, Internet: Understanding the new rules of language” by Gretchen McCulloch – https://amzn.to/2QkZqAo

EMAIL HISTORY & STATISTICS

Raymond Tomlinson (inventor)

https://www.internethalloffame.org//official-biography-raymond-tomlinson

https://www.radicati.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Email-Statistics-Report-2019-2023-Executive-Summary.pdf

Statista: https://www.statista.com/statistics/911592/frequency-consumers-checking-work-emails-outside-work-hours/

eMarketer: https://www.emarketer.com/Article/Please-Dont-Unsubscribe-Why-Consumers-Email-Fatigue/1015219

LifeWire: https://www.lifewire.com/how-many-emails-are-sent-every-day-1171210

Expanded Ramblings: https://expandedramblings.com/index.php/email-statistics/

Adobe Consumer Email Survey: https://theblog.adobe.com/love-email-but-spreading-the-love-other-channels/

The NewYorker: “Was Email a Mistake?” https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/was-e-mail-a-mistake

TIPS ON CONQUERING YOUR INBOX

HBR: https://hbr.org/2009/05/how-to-keep-your-email-under-c.html

HBR: https://hbr.org/2014/04/8-ways-not-to-manage-your-email-and-5-tactics-that-work

https://hbr.org/2019/01/how-to-spend-way-less-time-on-email-every-day

FastCompany: https://www.fastcompany.com/90379441/how-to-manage-email-so-that-it-doesnt-control-you

Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2012/10/08/6-ways-to-be-more-productive/#23676df55605

Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhall/2018/06/03/8-simple-tips-that-will-improve-the-way-you-use-email/#24d6b637115e

Inc.: https://www.inc.com/david-finkel/12-email-tips-to-increase-your-productivity.html

Getting Things Done: https://gettingthingsdone.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/GettingEmail.pdf

Unpacked on Inbox Zero: https://unpacked.mailbutler.io/2019/01/09/gtd-email-inbox-zero-flowchart/

City A.M.: https://www.cityam.com/inbox-anxiety-how-regain-control-email/

TECHNOLOGY

Canned Responses for Gmail & G-Suite: https://google.oit.ncsu.edu/core/gmail/canned-response/

Superhuman: https://superhuman.com/

https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/27/my-six-months-with-30-month-email-service-superhuman/

Spark: https://sparkmailapp.com/

Slack: https://slack.com/intl/en-ca/

https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/14/say-hello-to-slack-the-newest-enterprise-social-network-and-the-latest-effort-from-flickr-co-founder-stewart-butterfields-tiny-speck/

PODCASTS

Tim Ferriss Interviews Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of DropBox.: https://tim.blog/2018/08/29/the-tim-ferriss-show-transcripts-drew-houston/

Gretchen Rubin – Happiness guru & advocate of the one minute rule – https://GretchenRubin.com

Talk About Talk

Weekly Email Blog – https://talkabouttalk.com/blog/#newsletter-signup

TRUST episode with Baron Manett – https://talkabouttalk.com/trust-with-per-se-brand-experience-president-baron-manett/

SOCIAL MEDIA episode with Andrew Jenkins – https://talkabouttalk.com/7-social-media-with-volterra-founder-andrew-jenkins/

Q&A episode: https://talkabouttalk.com/29/

Podcast – https://talkabouttalk.com/podcasts/

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