The third installment of my podcast interview with Jim Canterucci is now posted on his Personal Brilliance website. It's about FOCUS. How crucial is focus when you're managing email? Well, listen for 5 minutes and you'll find out.
Also, I'm reading this really incredible book by Clay Shirky called Here Comes Everybody. It's about social networking mostly, but he does talk about email quite a bit. The quote below is from Merlin Mann, a very respected time management expert, and founder of 43 folders as quoted in Shirky's book. It's a really thoughtful take on the email management conundrum.
"Email is such a funny thing. People hand you these single little messages that are no heavier than a river pebble. But it doesn't take long until you have acquired a pile of pebbles that's taller than you and heavier than you could ever hope to move, even if you wanted to do it over a few dozen trips. But for the person who took the time to hand you their pebble, it seems outrageous that you can't handle that one tiny thing. "What pile? It's just a pebble!"
Lastly, stay tuned for my upcoming post about PAIR. It's is the acronym for the 4 types of email we send and receive each day. I'd like your feedback on if you think I'm on to something with this idea or completely off my rocker.
