Monthly Archives: December 2011

Dec 31, 2011 One of my major teachings for e-mail management is to stop using 10, 20, 30, (100?) topic-named folders to file your mail. I’ve always claimed doing so is too slow to file and too slow to find … Continue reading →

Dec 21, 2011 As you know, in my Outlook Book, I give very specific advice on how to process and empty your Outlook Inbox. That advice includes converting all action e-mails to tasks, filing mail in one folder, and using … Continue reading →

Dec 20, 2011 In this season of giving, here’s an add on to Outlook that prevents too much giving—it’s a module you can download from Microsoft that blocks Reply All. Now, this is not a full solution, because it only … Continue reading →

Dec 15, 2011 Here’s one solution to spending too much time in your e-mail, which is a bad habit that even practiced MYN users can get into. Why is the e-mail trap so easy to fall into? One reason we … Continue reading →

Dec 15, 2011 I continue to be amazed at the rapidly changing smartphone market share numbers. This just came out from NPD Group on U.S. smartphone sales: Google Android: 53% Apple iPhone: 29% BlackBerry: down to 10% (yikes!) Michael

Dec 5, 2011 If you’ve read my recent books, you know I recommend that you have no more than 20 items in the Opportunity Now section of your 1MTD or MYN tasks list. Recall that’s the middle part of the … Continue reading →