This is a bit long but worth watching about how to regain control of your life from email. Inbox Zero is a preso by Merlin Mann of 43 Folders at a Google company lunch and learn. A lot of pretty elementary stuff in here about "how" to work and not being a slave to your email…but also some good nuggets and perspectives. Here’s the five things according to Merlin:
- Delete (Archive)
- Delegate
- Respond
- Defer
- Do
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=973149761529535925&hl=en
Updated:
So now I listened to all the Q&A and find it a bit comical. Here’s a company that is the anti everything being held hostage by email. Come on…"500 emails per day" or "physical pain" from having to open emails? Companies that grow too fast get really inefficient and the recent discussion about hiring too much in their last earnings call comes through loud and clear here. Too many people with not enough to do end up sending a lot of emails…
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