Email is is a productivity killer and nearly everyone feels the pain from email. Think about this for a second….
- 50 emails a day
- Times 4 minutes typing up a response
- That over 3 hours each day to email. (And 50 is quite conservative.)
- Factor that number into 5 days a week
- Times 50 work weeks a year = over 866 hours spent on email.
- That’s almost 22 weeks dedicating totally lost to email! Holy cow!
Can you see where all your time is going? A Red Bench, recently had a fantastic teleclass with fellow organizer and email expert, Lauren Halagarda, It was called Detox Your Inbox and one of the questions was how much time should we really be spending with email. Using Lauren’s process she shared on the teleclass she said you can process about 60 emails in 20 minutes. I was blown away by that. How long do you think it’s taking you to process 60 emails?
Here are some suggestions both from the Teleclass and some of my own practices that have become very helpful.
- Process email twice a day or in micro bursts rather than in real time
- Shut off email arrival sounds and the “new mail”
- Use your calendar and tasks features
- Send fewer emails
- Send better emails
Think of your own clients who could benefit from using email more effectively. How can you incorporate this into your services and make a huge difference for your clients. To purchase Detox Your Inbox, visit the Audio Recordings page of our website and consider attending a future A Red Bench Teleclass.
Tags: A Red Bench, Angela Ploetz, Christa Patchen Wagner, Christa Wagner, Email Overload, Lauren Halagarda, Red Bench Program, Reduce Email, Teleclasses