#117 Clear Out Your EMAIL Inbox

26/12/2022 27 min
#117 Clear Out Your EMAIL Inbox

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How many emails do you have in your inbox? Need some tips to help clear out your inbox? You can increase your productivity and reduce your email anxiety by doing 3 things: make behavioral changes; employ technology hacks; and effectively managing our sent mail. Let’s clear out your inbox!
 

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Dr. Andrea Wojnicki & Talk About Talk 

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Books

“Unsubscribe: how to kill email anxiety, avoid distractions, and get real work done” by Jocelyn K Glei –  https://amzn.to/2Qm4HYt
“Predictably Irrational” by Dan Ariely – https://amzn.to/30dxJhi
“Because, Internet: Understanding the new rules of language” by Gretchen McCulloch – https://amzn.to/2QkZqAo
“Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” by David Allen – https://amzn.to/31KRfP2
The GTD Workbook –  https://amzn.to/31HI02b

Podcasts

TalkAboutTalk ep.21 TRUST with Baron Manett – https://talkabouttalk.com/trust-with-per-se-brand-experience-president-baron-manett/
TalkAboutTalk ep.29 Q&A episode: https://talkabouttalk.com/29/
Tim Ferriss Interviews Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of DropBox.: https://tim.blog/2018/08/29/the-tim-ferriss-show-transcripts-drew-houston/
Gretchen Rubin  – Happiness guru & advocate of the one minute rule – https://GretchenRubin.com

Email History & Statistics

Raymond Tomlinson (inventor) 

https://www.internethalloffame.org//official-biography-raymond-tomlinson
https://www.radicati.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Email-Statistics-Report-2019-2023-Executive-Summary.pdf


Statista: https://www.statista.com/statistics/911592/frequency-consumers-checking-work-emails-outside-work-hours/
eMarketer: https://www.emarketer.com/Article/Please-Dont-Unsubscribe-Why-Consumers-Email-Fatigue/1015219
LifeWire: https://www.lifewire.com/how-many-emails-are-sent-every-day-1171210
Expanded Ramblings: https://expandedramblings.com/index.php/email-statistics/
Adobe Consumer Email Survey: https://theblog.adobe.com/love-email-but-spreading-the-love-other-channels/ 
NewYorker “Was Email a Mistake?” https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/was-e-mail-a-mistake

Tips On Conquering Your Inbox

HBR: https://hbr.org/2014/04/8-ways-not-to-manage-your-email-and-5-tactics-that-work
https://hbr.org/2019/01/how-to-spend-way-less-time-on-email-every-day
FastCompany: https://www.fastcompany.com/90379441/how-to-manage-email-so-that-it-doesnt-control-you
Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2012/10/08/6-ways-to-be-more-productive/#23676df55605
Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhall/2018/06/03/8-simple-tips-that-will-improve-the-way-you-use-email/#24d6b637115e
Inc.: https://www.inc.com/david-finkel/12-email-tips-to-increase-your-productivity.html
Getting Things Done: https://gettingthingsdone.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/GettingEmail.pdf
Unpacked on Inbox Zero: https://unpacked.mailbutler.io/2019/01/09/gtd-email-inbox-zero-flowchart/
City A.M.: https://www.cityam.com/inbox-anxiety-how-regain-control-email/

Technology

Canned Responses for Gmail & G-Suite: https://google.oit.ncsu.edu/core/gmail/canned-response/
Superhuman: https://superhuman.com/
https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/27/my-six-months-with-30-month-email-service-superhuman/
Spark: https://sparkmailapp.com/
Slack: https://slack.com/intl/en-ca/
https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/14/say-hello-to-slack-the-newest-enterprise-social-network-and-the-latest-effort-from-flickr-co-founder-stewart-butterfields-tiny-speck/


 
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