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Carrie Klassen made me blush…

…with an email written to her clients about our ‘personal digital coaching’ session on ‘personal news aggregation‘ a couple of weeks ago. I asked her if I could share it with you… “Two weeks ago, I spent two hours with my new friend Todd that changed my life. That sounds dramatic, I know, but it [...]

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Ouch! Email and Productivity…

Looking to become more productive? “Yet another reason to shut down your email client (or close your Gmail tab) and process messages in batches: a study shows that it takes an average of 64 seconds to recover your train of thought after interruption by email. That’s more than a minute per email, and could easily [...]

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Why email won’t die anytime soon

Image via CrunchBase If you follow the tech media, you’ll know that every few months, some journalist or blogger will start speculating about the imminent demise of email. Headlines along the lines of “Email is Dying” or “The Death of Email” show up in RSS feeds all over the place. You know the drill. This [...]

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Handling Email; 5+ emails you should filter

Image via CrunchBase Email is such a simple tool but it makes or breaks so many people’s productivity and it breaks my heart to see how many people struggle with handling it… “How many emails do you have in your inbox right now? Are you an inbox zero freak like me? Or do you have [...]

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What is the Best Way to Manage my Tasks?

Image via Wikipedia Here are the results of a recent lifehacks survey… “If all the methodology of the best GTD applications loses you in the productivity shuffle, there’s nothing like a classic, simple to-do list to keep you on track. You’ve never had more options—both simple and robust—for managing your to-do list as you do [...]

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