Comments on: Yes, You Can Stay on Top of Email

By: Joe Lalonde

Joe Lalonde — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:49:00 +0000

Tod, I believe Microsoft Outlook would be the closest thing. In fact, Entourage was a Microsoft product for the Mac!

By: tod

tod — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:54:00 +0000

Help i’m not a mac user- like the entrourage idea is their a microsoft equivallant ?
thanks
Tod

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10 Tips for office success | My Simple Inspiration — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:56:35 +0000

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By: Rob Sorbo

Rob Sorbo — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:12:00 +0000

Great tips. I’m generally not bombarded with e-mail, but I can really see how I can put these to use.

I know you suggest not having elaborate folders, but I found that setting up elaborate folders and then setting up rules that kicks e-mail to those folders is helpful–that has the benefit of the rule and the benefit of a good filing system (although, I agree that the search functions are faster than going to the folder).

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Leadership Tip #4: Clear Your Inbox | — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:33:30 +0000

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By: Buzz Bruggeman

Buzz Bruggeman — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:40:00 +0000

To deal with this problem we e.g., ActiveWords, http://www.activewords.com/ built an Outlook anda a Gmail agent. Radically speeds up how you hand E-Mail. One of these days we will build a Mac version, but 93% of computers are still running Windows.

And…fwiw.. And David Allen of #GTD fame just named us in his top 5 productivity tools which has been a great lift. http://bit.ly/a5

Happy New Year!

By: Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:55:00 +0000

You can email the link to yourself. Just go to the bottom of the post and click on the icons that say, “Share and Enjoy.” Unfortunately, this will only email the link, not the actual post. To do that, you will need to subscribe to the blog via email. You can do that here.

By: Janine McDonald

Janine McDonald — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:40:00 +0000

People dread email because they perceive that it is getting in the way of them doing real work, and/or they use it a procrastination tool. I ask people to try this…instead of starting the day by opening the inbox and responding to other people’s emails, which usually serve their priorities, not yours - spend the first 30 minutes of the day working on one of your top priorities so real work can get accomplished before the blocking and tackling that is email begins.

By: David Redekop

David Redekop — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:39:00 +0000

This works great at 500 emails over 3 days. Would love to see you re-post/edit when you get to 1,000+ per day.

By: JennyRain

JennyRain — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:29:00 +0000

is there a way I can email your blog to myself? I couldn’t find it on your “share” icons anywhere… I want to share it with our team leads, this is awesome advice!

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Averting Email Disaster! | Grace Life & Leadership — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:07:10 +0000

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Ending email…or trying to « Down the Line — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:02:35 +0000

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By: 07/19/2011 – This Week’s Links | John ED Patton

07/19/2011 – This Week’s Links | John ED Patton — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:52:15 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:28:00 +0000

Thanks for this, Michael.

I never knew about KeyCue. I will definitely investigate that tool, as I admit to not knowing any keyboard shortcuts for my Mac. You just may have saved me just in time, as e-mail was definitely starting to get the better of me!

By: Donbarger

Donbarger — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:25:00 +0000

I use very similar methods to handle my email. A couple of suggestions –

1) read the book Bit Literacy – currently free on iBooks.
2) Use an auto bcc script in terminal to send copies of all outgoing emails to an archive email. Use something like mynamearchive@gmail.com. Don’t give the address to anyone or use it for anything else. This serves as an online auto archive of emails.

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How To Blow Through 300 Email Messages | Serving Strong — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:02:24 +0000

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Become an Email Jedi in 7 Steps | Mary DeMuth — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:01:26 +0000

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