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Most emails aren't important
Most emails are of little value. We often remember the extraordinary, like the once-in-a-lifetime invitation, but not the ordinary - that possibly only three percent of emails are worth reading.
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A periodic sabbatical
Spending a month away from email can help you question your default distractions.
Without email, you have to find other stuff to do while riding on the subway or waiting in line. Then you may realize that self-importance and the sense of urgency are not important.
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Email makes us more passive
We expect information to come to us, rather than proactively seeking it out.
Our news email means we don't have to search it out. Our event invites mean we don't have to look into what's happening. While it is convenient, we are conditioned to become lazier.
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People's reaction
We often impose an unhealthy expectation on ourselves to respond to every email immediately.
Except for work assignments, this is unnecessary. Many people will applaud you for taking a break and find your decision inspiring.
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Email as an all-in-one utility
There are so many things funneling back to email.
Without email, it can be difficult to check a doctor's appointment, RSVP to party invites, or access your bill history. Email can be a nightmare if you're trying to create boundaries.
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Email is addictive
According to a 2018 survey, the average creative professional spends 5.6 hours per day checking email.
Once you make up your mind to make the mail app less accessible, it is much easier to give up email. Leave the phone outside the bedroom to help build resilience to the email habit...
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The email hibernation experiment
The email experiment works as follows:
- No logging in to any primary email accounts for the entire month.
- Setting up automatic forwarding to an assistant to ensure nothing urgent falls through the cracks.
- Setting up an auto-reply explaining the reason for the email s...
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Emails are fundamental to our daily communications
About 300 billion emails are sent around the globe every day. On average, people working in an office get 121 emails per working day. We often send and read them without thinking about them for a second.
But emails are vital. We send them ...
Identify Your 80/20
We have never considered this before but the same principle applies to our lives.
- The kind of food we eat, only 20 percent of it really matters.
- The people we meet, 80 per cent of those are not worth meeting.
- The stuff we buy (like clothes and gadgets), 80 percent o...
Writing Effective Emails
Successful people write emails that help achieve the objective while not wasting a single moment of the recipient.
The communication tool only works when your words are worthwhile, accurate and touch the right points effectively.
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