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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Don’t Let These Efficiency-Busters Strangle Your Business

Efficient organizations achieve their goals using minimal resources. Inefficient ones keep workers spinning their wheels on useless tasks. Unfortunately, inefficient habits can become ingrained within a company, frustrating employees and erecting barriers to productivity. Do any of these common efficiency killers sound familiar to you? Communication Breakdowns Yes, we mean email. On average, employees spend …

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You Say You Want an Email Revolution?

A dysfunctional email culture can strangle productivity, keeping employees scrambling on the inbox hamster wheel. It can also undermine work-life balance, break down effective communication and suck the life out of your company. That’s why Evernote CEO Phil Libin works hard to discourage email overuse among his employees. “One of the things I’ve tried to …

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How Multitasking Saps Your Brain Power & Lowers Your IQ

Not long ago, multitasking was the superpower everyone clamored for. Employees who could conduct a meeting, finalize a report and give feedback on a proposal—all while managing email—rose to the top of the office food chain. But it turns out our workplace hero is actually a villain. Multitasking doesn’t increase productivity, after all, research shows. …

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4 Glorious Email Rules That Will Rescue Your Sanity

Bill Gates once said the first rule of using technology is that when you automate an efficient activity, you magnify its efficiency—and when you automate an inefficient activity, you magnify its inefficiency. That’s especially true for email. When used efficiently, it’s a powerful productivity tool. When used poorly, it’s a huge drain on your time …

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Zen and the Art of Inbox Management

Your mind is a powerful tool. It sorts, categorizes and makes sense of the world for you. Yet we’ve all seen what happens when it starts spinning out of control: sleepless nights, trouble focusing, elevated stress. That’s why so many spiritual practices revolve around quieting the mind. When you start meditating, you begin noticing the …

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3 Signs of a Toxic Email Culture

We all have bad habits that undermine our effectiveness at work, whether it’s procrastination, poor time management or lack of organization. But email is an area where other people’s bad habits can undermine us—and vice versa. « Tweet This Your office email culture has a big impact on productivity and workplace satisfaction. It can also be …

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