Articles for tag: The Productivity Project

September 17, 2016

Michael C. Mack

How to Control Your E-mail Instead of Letting It Control You

By Michael C. Mack E-mail can be a productivity killer or, if used wisely, a productivity booster. Here are six tricks culled from LearnVest to make it the latter. Keep It Short. According to a 2015 user analysis from e-mail scheduler Boomerang, the messages most likely to get replies were in the range of 50 to 125 words. Productivity expert Chris Bailey, author of The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention and Energy, strategically keeps e-mails to three sentences or less. Anything substantially longer than that should be a phone conversation. ADDENDUM: Keep your e-mail signature short

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