Monthly Archives: November 2010

Five or Fewer: Why I Use Brief Email Responses

The Problem Reading and responding to email takes up a lot of time but is organizationally vital. The Solution “Five or Fewer” is my effort to reply to all email responses–regardless of recipient or subject– in five or fewer sentences. … Continue reading

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Managing Email

Many of us suffer from email overload, and the time spent creating and responding to email takes away from other important tasks. I have decided to create a Managing Email category, and will add to that as observe best practices … Continue reading

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