Scary Email Math

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 .

Comments

[Sam]

Hey Craig! Welcome to the blogosphere. I look forward to your insight!

Sam

[Sean]

Thanks for this collection. I recently gave a talk at work on increasing email effectiveness, this will make a nice handout.

[Craig Huggart]

Sean:

Glad you liked it.

Enjoy,

Craig