I frequently get anywhere from 150 to 200 e-mails a day, and going through them tends to consume a large portion of my time. I suspect this
e-mail overload is affecting a lot of you, too, and I’m always on the lookout for tips to managing e-mail quickly, but still effectively.
This LifeHack.org article has some excellent tips to
keep e-mail from managing your life, such as:
- You don’t need to respond to every e-mail
- You must set time limits (15 to 30 minutes) on your e-mail, because you simply can’t spend ALL day doing it
- You should filter your e-mails into three categories: important, reports/information, others
- You should schedule times to e-mail, once, twice or up to three set times a day
Meanwhile, for more simple tips on dealing with your e-mail, be sure to check out my recent video on
How to Radically Reduce the Time You Spend on E-mail. It covers a great, time-saving strategy that I learned about in
Four-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss -- an excellent book if you’re interested in
reducing the amount of things you're doing in life, while still being able to
achieve your goals.
LifeHack.org