I had a workday last week that was kind of a first. I did not get one incoming phone call from a client, student or vendor. Yet my email inbound was overwhelmed and really was stressing me out and my instant messaging was driving me nuts as well. Is the phone becoming obsolete?Is the phone becoming obsolete? Three years ago that would have become unthinkable, but I’ll bet if you look at your phone use it is down dramatically and your email is out of control.

In my class Organize Or Agonize I spend quite a bit of time talking about this issue, but I need to be continually on the hunt for new information on how to handle the inbound stress that has crept into my life. So I have been poking around looking for some new tips and techniques to grease the wheel a bit.

I got lucky and found a great podcast interview on World Talk Radio of K.J. McCory who wrote the book: Organize Your Work Day…In No Time. I learned a couple of tricks and it will be especially useful for those who use Outlook as an email client. Give a listen

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