Comments on: Is Your Email Inbox Killing You? http://www.cornettexperience.com/2008/03/04/is-your-email-inbox-killing-you/ Thriving in hyper-competitive markets through experience differentiation Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:47:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: markhurst http://www.cornettexperience.com/2008/03/04/is-your-email-inbox-killing-you/comment-page-1/#comment-120 markhurst Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:01:26 +0000 http://www.cornettexperience.com/index.php/2008/03/04/is-your-email-inbox-killing-you/#comment-120 Hi Larry - I agree, it's an important problem to solve... I'm not sure Michael Arrington has it right, though. See <a href="http://goodexperience.com/2008/03/a-geek-who-cant-use-e.php" rel="nofollow">a geek who can't use email</a> for more thoughts. (Also my book - http://bitliteracy.com ) Hi Larry – I agree, it’s an important problem to solve… I’m not sure Michael Arrington has it right, though. See a geek who can’t use email for more thoughts.

(Also my book – http://bitliteracy.com )

]]> By: marshaegan http://www.cornettexperience.com/2008/03/04/is-your-email-inbox-killing-you/comment-page-1/#comment-105 marshaegan Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:51:31 +0000 http://www.cornettexperience.com/index.php/2008/03/04/is-your-email-inbox-killing-you/#comment-105 And you're not alone! With the amount of email increasing every year, this problem isn't going away either. Here's one idea that seems to work: Differentiate between "sorting" and "working" your email. Go in only a few times a day with the idea that you're SORTING. And after you look at each email, make sure it goes somewhere else -- the trash, a reference folder, or a folder where you hold all the stuff that requires action. But get it outa the inbox! Then go into those action folders when you're planning your day, and choose what is most important. By not having stuff in your inbox, you can avoid the stress that comes with looking at EVERYthing you've gotta get done. And with as many as you have right now, you might even want to set up a temp folder, throw them all in there, so you can start clean without declaring email bankruptcy. http://inboxdetox.blogspot.com/ And you’re not alone! With the amount of email increasing every year, this problem isn’t going away either. Here’s one idea that seems to work:

Differentiate between “sorting” and “working” your email. Go in only a few times a day with the idea that you’re SORTING. And after you look at each email, make sure it goes somewhere else — the trash, a reference folder, or a folder where you hold all the stuff that requires action. But get it outa the inbox!

Then go into those action folders when you’re planning your day, and choose what is most important.

By not having stuff in your inbox, you can avoid the stress that comes with looking at EVERYthing you’ve gotta get done. And with as many as you have right now, you might even want to set up a temp folder, throw them all in there, so you can start clean without declaring email bankruptcy. http://inboxdetox.blogspot.com/

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