Where Email Belongs
Just FYI. Remember, email is not work. Questions? Drop me a line, anytime.
Category: Gmail
All things related to the Google mail system.
Perhaps Email is Not The Best Medium?
Hi, And thank you for your email! Unfortunately, due to my current workload and the complex nature of your email content, I am afraid that I am unable to effectively engage with you in a one-on-one email conversation. I would submit that a face-to-face or phone conversation might be both more effective, and a more […]
Take Back One Third of Your Work Day with Canned Responses
Just because email helps us to accomplish work objectives does not mean that processing emails is actual, meaningful work (unless of course, you perform a customer service function). In fact, the average office worker spends almost one third of their day processing email. If we dedicate one third of our time to something, shouldn’t […]
Getting Inbox Zero’d: How and Why to Archive in Gmail
This post is part of my Getting Inbox Zero’d series that will provide all the tools and nitty gritty details necessary to get right if you truly want to hit inbox zero. Since showing is ten times better than explaining, this series will be captured on YouTube with the most important points from the transcript included […]
Inbox Zero: You are Doing Email Wrong (Step 1)
Ever leave the office and realize that the only “work” you actually accomplished was answering or sending emails? If this has ever happened to you, or happens to you often — and you want to actually get real work done — please keep reading. I should also state up front that I don’t consider processing […]
Inbox Zero: The Two Most Important Steps to Email Freedom (Step 2)
Do you need a simple process to keep your inbox empty? Need a process that you can remember? Need a process with just one decision to make, every time? If so, take a second to see if this straightforward approach to inbox zero is for you. The simple truth is, I’ve never read Getting Things […]
Inbox Zero: The Key to Less Email is No Email (Step 3)
If you’re interested in reaching inbox zero using simple, sustainable processes, and you want to learn the most successful strategy from the very beginning, this is where you start. Whether your inbox currently has 50, 100, or 1,000 emails, functionally it works the same as everyone else’s. Every email inbox is the same in that […]
Optimize your Gmail for Inbox Zero
I’m certain there are one million articles dedicated to teaching others how to set up a Gmail account. This is not one of them. This article describes how to set up a Gmail account correctly. By correctly, I mean a Gmail account tailored to fully capitalize on the Evilsizor productivity method for easily achieving and […]