Making effective use of time
Did you come back from the Easter break to a full inbox and wondering how you can wade through it all to find the most important client messages.
Not many people seem to make use of the “Rules and Alerts” option which you can access under the Tools section in Outlook. This means that you can arrange for specific emails to go to a particular folder.
I find this great – I’ve tried out different formats. Previously I would have messages going to many different folders, but then I never read these. So now I have anything that is not directly related to my work to go to a folder which is called “READ LATER”, then I can look at this folder at the end of each day. I’ve found allocating 30 minutes means I go through much quicker and am more willing to delete items. Also anything that is interesting I can read and deal with when I’m ready.
What works for you for dealing with email overload?
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