Drowning in Emails? Try This Simple Inbox Management Strategy

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A question I received recently in one of the comments on my social media post was, “How can I begin to dive into my email inbox?” This person apparently was completely overwhelmed with the number of emails they had. So if you are in the same boat, here is what you can do.

Number 1, you can sort by sender. Oftentimes the sender is emailing about similar subjects or they’re somewhat related, and it’s much easier to sort through all of those threads at the same time. And you might be able to quickly delete some of those earlier threads and look at the later ones because the earlier threads are already contained in those later ones.

So try sorting by sender. If you’re not sure which sender to sort by first, consider your supervisor or supervisors, because I would consider them important, your top customers or clients because they are also important, and then any team leaders or projects you’re working on, the folks involved with those.

And then you can work your way through anybody else. And so the next time you’re feeling email overload, just take that first step of sorting your emails by sender because you’ll be able to knock out quite a few emails more quickly that way. If you have a question that you would love to have answered, please be sure to drop it in the comments.

If you have a question related to office productivity – about how to be more efficient and effective during your workday – please be sure to drop your questions in the comments below, and I’ll be sure to answer it in one of my next videos / blogs.

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