Learn to Email Triage for Success in Life and Business
Email triage is a concept that is going to become more and more prevalent as time goes on. As the world becomes more and more connected, and more and more people discover this wonderfully convenient communication medium, the barrage of email coming at us is not going to abate; it is going to get heavier.
This trend is going to make life harder and harder for the email filers of the world. Maintaining a clean inbox is simply the best way to know what has and hasn’t been dealt with, and is your best bet at cultivating a reputation for effective and reliable communication. So what do we do when getting to empty keeps getting more and more difficult?
We try harder. We learn. We develop strategies to manage our email, instead of letting it manage us. Keith Robinson of To-Done! has posted a a wonderful guide to email triage over at Lifehacker for anyone that is looking for a leg up on dealing with their inbox woes. Keith’s tips focus on putting you in a position to respond quickly and effectively to everything coming at you that requires it.
If all this email management seems like too much work, check out this recent post by Michael Hyatt, President and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world and the ninth largest publishing company of any kind. This kind of executive advice is the stuff you just can’t buy; in his post, Michael gives his number one tip for success in business. Can you guess what it is? One word: Responsiveness.
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