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Tiago Forte’s Strategy For Optimizing Email Efficiency—and How SaneBox Can Help Bring That Strategy to Life

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According to data from Statista, as of 2021, every day, Americans spend an average of 149 minutes checking their work email. That’s nearly 2.5 hours—or more than a quarter of the work day—spent navigating your inbox.

Not exactly a recipe for productivity.

But there are ways to make email management more efficient. All you need is the right strategy—and the right tools.

Author, YouTuber, productivity and knowledge management expert Tiago Forte recently outlined one such strategy in a YouTube video—a strategy that, instead of spending 149 minutes every day opening, sending, and organizing emails, will help you get out of your inbox and focus on the work that really matters.

Let’s take a look at Forte’s strategy—and how SaneBox can help you bring that strategy to life in your inbox:

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5 best practices to ensure you’re not part of the next email breach

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A data breach is when personal data from a service or system is taken, or stolen, by an unauthorized third party. Emails, passwords, security questions, usernames, and other personal information can be collected in a data breach and sold to hackers. This sounds scary, but there are many ways to protect your data and take control of your privacy.

This post is written by Fastmail, a privacy-focused email that you can trust. At Fastmail, we worry about data breaches so you don’t have to. Your inbox is free of surveillance and spam with Fastmail, and our privacy features make it easy to protect your data from being leaked. Adding Sanebox to your Fastmail account makes for an organized, data-safe email that promotes productivity and peace of mind.

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Maximizing Your Email Productivity: Tips for Teamwork

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Emails have become an essential tool for communication, and it’s especially important for teams and collaboration. However, email overload and not being able to manage conversations productively can lead to problems.

And since you most probably spend a good amount of your week managing emails it can impact your work. A study by McKinsey & Company claims that, on average, a typical worker will spend 28% of their time managing email. It’s even worse for managers and executives, where this number goes up to 40% of their time on email-related tasks.

Poor email management can also hurt team dynamics and collaboration. It can easily lead to missing important information in your inbox and missing a deadline. No wonder why communication issues often cause confusion, frustration, and mistrust among team members.

The good news is that there are many tips and tricks for maximizing productivity for emails.

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5 Spring Cleaning Hacks You Should Apply to Your Work Life

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Want to boost your productivity? Consider cleaning your workspace. Clutter, dirt, and disorder can creep into a work environment and suck up your time, space, and energy. Raise your hand if you’ve ever searched for a document unsuccessfully in a jumble of physical or digital files. 

In the spirit of spring cleaning, we’ve adapted a handful of tried-and-true household tidying tips to rejuvenate your workspace and level-up your productivity.

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