Shrinking The EMAIL Elephant

Did you know?

Most business people receive 100 - 200 emails a day.

It takes an average of 64 seconds to recover your train of thought after interruption by email.

People who check their email every five minutes waste 8 1/2 hours a week figuring out what they were doing moments before.

If your time is worth $50.00 an hour, you waste $65.00 a week, $260.00 a month, $3,120 a year.

Top 10 Tips to Shrink the Email Elephant:

1) Remember the Inbox is a temporary location for storing email.

2) Don't be at 24/7 email slave. Schedule times to check and process email.

3) Prioritize emails, using color coded flags, so they do not all look equally important.

4) Delete junk as you eyeball what is in your inbox.

5) Forward to someone else, if you can assign that inquiry or task to them.

6) Reply, if you can do it in less than 2 minutes.

7) Move to other folders, i.e. calendar or task folders.

8) Archive emails that you need to CYA.

9) Unsubscribe to newsletters that you do not have time to read, or that no longer interest you.

10) Shut off email signal to avoid distractions.

Setting email boundaries will shrink the email elephant and give you the time and freedom to focus on high priority work.

Nancy
http://www.organizationplus.com

Planning time to do what is important to you.

Question 1: Are you planning time to do what is important to you?

Question 2: Are you always doing "shoulds" and putting everyone else's needs before your?

If you answered no to question 1 and yes to question 2, Organization Plus can help you.

Daylight Savings Time Ends November 1st at 2:00am

Daylight Savings Time Ends

It's here again. Eastern Daylight Savings Time Ends on Sunday, November 1st, at 2:00 am.

Set your clocks back 1 hour (Fall back, Spring forward).

The bad news is, you lose an hour of sleep. The good news is, you will gain it back in the spring.

Nancy

p.s. If you know someone who is looking for a professional organizer in Boston or needs help with residential organizing be sure to refer them to my website at organizationplus.com.

Nancy Black on WCAP980 radio, Oct.26th, 11:00am

Nancy will be interviewed on Women for Women, WCAP 980AM, Monday, October 26th, at 11:45am.

Listen to learn more about Organization Plus.

Purple Diamond Blog 10/20/09 Re: Decluttering /Organizing Her Office

In Charlene St. Jean's Purple Diamond Blog today, 10/20/09, she wrote about how I motivated her to de-clutter her office and re-organize her workspace.

To read the article click on the link to her Blog, Purple Diamond.net/blog under links on right.

Follow this link to learn how an Organization Plus Three Hour Transformation can help you.

Clearing my (psychic) clutter, Day 3: What Lies Beneath

Clearing my (psychic) clutter, Day 3: What Lies Beneath

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Enjoying the Columbus Day Weekend

Hope that you are enjoying the Columbus Day Weekend.

As I look out my window I can see the beautiful fall foliage. Take a moment to enjoy the beauty of autumn.

I'm having a wonderful weekend.

On Friday I went to the deCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA. It has fantastic outdoor sculpture. My favorite was a 1936 Chrysler Air Flow Sedan, Requiem to the 20th Century. It has video, audio, monitors and speakers.

The indoor exhibits were wonderful. One was an exhibit of work by Lalla Essaydi, a
Moroccan-born photographer, painter, and installation artist.

It is so nice to have 4 days off.

What did you do this weekend to relax?

If you didn't take time to relax, go to http://www.organizationplus.com to learn how I change your life in 3 hours.