Listen Now: Stop Email Overload [The Productivity Show]

"We’ve said it on this podcast before: email is a necessary evil." That quote is from our friends over Asian Efficiency, an online hub for productivity hackers who want to get as much as they can out of every day. They recently invited SaneBox's Vice President of Growth, Dmitri Leonov, to be a guest on their Productivity …

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Email Triage: Get Through Thousands of Emails With a Centuries-Old Medical Process [INFOGRAPHIC]

As recently as a decade ago, phone calls and face-to-face conversations were the dominant forms of communication in most of the business world. Heavy computer, internet, and email usage was only common in certain sectors and job functions. Fast forward to today, when the average worker sends and receives over 120 business emails per day …

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How a Famed Comic Book Writer Triumphs Over Villains & Email Overload

Kelly Sue DeConnick conjures up heroes and villains every day. So when her inbox grew out of control and threatened to overtake her sanity, she knew she needed a hero. A comic book and television writer living in Portland, Ore., Kelly was drowning in emails about her various projects—including comics such as Captain Marvel, Bitch …

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It’s Time We Stop Letting Email Ruin Our Productivity

I think a lot of us have a bad relationship with email. Be honest, how many times have you spent all day in email, feeling productive, only to realize later that you haven’t accomplished anything meaningful? I know I have. We compulsively check and manage our email, wasting valuable time on things that don’t matter. …

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Email Overload Reaches Academic Proportions

Some professors thrive on using email to engage students. Take John Whittier-Ferguson, a University of Michigan English professor, whose students email him for help mastering the finer points of essay writing. In any given class, about a third of his students take advantage of his offer to provide e-feedback, each exchanging around 40 meaty emails with …

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4 Ways Reducing Email Will Dramatically Improve Your Life

The world is abuzz with discussions about how email overload curbs work productivity. But let’s get personal for a minute. Do you realize all that time you spend answering and organizing email is taking a toll on your health and happiness? ( « Click to Tweet ) It’s true. Employing an email organizer to help tame your …

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