Comments on: Trouble with email: this might help (marginally) http://fronttoback.org/2008/05/20/trouble-with-email-this-might-help-marginally/ Your users experience it that way around. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:41:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: AJ Kock http://fronttoback.org/2008/05/20/trouble-with-email-this-might-help-marginally/comment-page-1/#comment-2228 AJ Kock Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:09:17 +0000 http://fronttoback.org/2008/05/20/trouble-with-email-this-might-help-marginally/#comment-2228 Just say no! The problem with being more efficient is that we then take on more things, and the cycle repeats itself. Just say no!
The problem with being more efficient is that we then take on more things, and the cycle repeats itself.

]]> By: philbuk http://fronttoback.org/2008/05/20/trouble-with-email-this-might-help-marginally/comment-page-1/#comment-2161 philbuk Mon, 26 May 2008 08:43:36 +0000 http://fronttoback.org/2008/05/20/trouble-with-email-this-might-help-marginally/#comment-2161 You're right, Marsha! It's the ability to focus and prioritise that makes a person successful. Efficiency can only take you so far. Which is why software that improves efficiency can't solve the email problem. If you're going to plug into the the whole world, you're gonna get more data than you can handle. You’re right, Marsha! It’s the ability to focus and prioritise that makes a person successful. Efficiency can only take you so far.

Which is why software that improves efficiency can’t solve the email problem.

If you’re going to plug into the the whole world, you’re gonna get more data than you can handle.

]]> By: Marsha Egan http://fronttoback.org/2008/05/20/trouble-with-email-this-might-help-marginally/comment-page-1/#comment-2152 Marsha Egan Fri, 23 May 2008 15:48:48 +0000 http://fronttoback.org/2008/05/20/trouble-with-email-this-might-help-marginally/#comment-2152 Well, you're not alone... There is so much information out there, not just in email, but on the internet in general. It IS "mindboggling." The reality is that most everyone out there is not immune to it, and the people who are going to shine will be those who deal with it better than others. I think alot of it has to do with personal discipline, AND the abilitly to "let go." Some emails don't need to be responded to, some should be put aside for the day when you DO have time to respond (yea, right!) and some are worthy of your attention right now. Isn't it just like our old time management challenges? We'll never get it all done, instead isn't it about working on the right stuff, and letting go of or delegating the stuff we can't get to? Marsha Well, you’re not alone… There is so much information out there, not just in email, but on the internet in general. It IS “mindboggling.”

The reality is that most everyone out there is not immune to it, and the people who are going to shine will be those who deal with it better than others.

I think alot of it has to do with personal discipline, AND the abilitly to “let go.” Some emails don’t need to be responded to, some should be put aside for the day when you DO have time to respond (yea, right!) and some are worthy of your attention right now.

Isn’t it just like our old time management challenges? We’ll never get it all done, instead isn’t it about working on the right stuff, and letting go of or delegating the stuff we can’t get to?

Marsha

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