The average information worker gets 87 emails per day.If you round that down to 80 and multiply it by 5 days, that's 400 per week. Multiply that by 50 weeks in a year, and you get 20,000 emails. Yikes! That's why a small increase in email efficiency can yield big changes.
I've summarized the way I manage my emails (a la Getting Things Done) on a mind map. To download a copy, right-click and chose Save Link As:
Ask Your Inbox the Right Questions (.pdf)
Ask Your Inbox the Right Questions (Mind Map)
Enjoy!
This post also appears on CE On Time .



Hey Craig! Welcome to the blogosphere. I look forward to your insight!
Sam
Posted by: Sam | June 23, 2007 at 09:08
Thanks for this collection. I recently gave a talk at work on increasing email effectiveness, this will make a nice handout.
Posted by: Sean | July 28, 2007 at 18:38
Sean:
Glad you liked it.
Enjoy,
Craig
Posted by: Craig Huggart | July 28, 2007 at 18:54