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Setting up Email Filters will reign in an unruly Inbox

One of the most powerful ways to get control of your incoming email is to use filters. I'm not talking about filtering SPAM because Postini already does that for us. We're talking about automatically filtering email that you want to receive to a folder other than your Inbox. Automatically filtering your incoming mail ensures that less important email does not get in the way of messages that matter or are time sensitive. My current filters automatically divert ~20 messages per day to a folder ...

How do you get to Inbox Zero?

Ever hear the term Inbox Zero? How about Getting Things Done, or simply GTD? Both GTD and Inbox Zero are popular time, task and email management methodologies. Inbox Zero focuses on the challenges of managing an unmanageable amount of email. Getting Things Done is broader based, focusing on simple next step actions: Collect, Process, Organize, Review and Do. We encourage you to take a few minutes to review the website for Inbox Zero and the Amazon reviews for Getting Things Done. Us...

Multitasking and you

Multitasking, once considered a viable qualification for employment, has been increasingly under attack as an inefficient way of conducting business. Unfortunately, most of us still work in environments where multitasking is common. In a study on multitasking the University of London found that “Workers distracted by e-mail and phone calls suffer a fall in IQ more than twice that found in marijuana smokers.” That's not very comforting! Multitasking is actually the ability to shift betwee...