@NickPavlenko
Some tips that I personally developed after more than a decade of working in insanely big corporate environments: - Use smart folder called "To me" where i'm in the "To" list. Similar to what Leila has for "CC" emails, but without conditional formatting. - Extensive use of "todo" flags: today, tomorrow, this week. - Similar to what Leila suggested, I have 'blockers' in my schedule for desk work: writing reports, doing research, compiling financials. I mark these appointments as "Personal" and do not respond to any mails during them. - Archiving emails is great, but I went even further: I'm archiving all mails that have attachments and are more than 1 month old. - With the introduction of Teams, I enforced the etiquette of not attaching bulky files to emails, but putting them into specific Teams (or Sharepoint) folders and sharing only links.
@justincatalano2408
I’m literally emotional watching this video. You are giving people their life/time back. Thank you!!
@ThatGuyInVegas
40 years I've worked in IT, and here I am still learning something new; well done.
@vikawaradi4709
Oh my days! Thank you so much. I wish someone had shown me this 20 years ago! sigh better late than never. Now......to tackle my inbox!!
@jasonwojcik
In my experience, people only use 10% of what software can do. Thank you for showing us the hidden gems that make these tools outstanding!
@jrgarciab
The 2 most valuable time management lessons I've learned over the last 20+ years: 1) There are many time/life management systems out there--Franklin Covey, Getting Things Done (or GTD), etc. Pick one. You can learn it in one day on YouTube, for free. 2) Stop being so meticulous with email folders. (I'm not referring to the ones Leila described in this video). Email search has become so good that you can just put ANY read email into the Archive folder. If you ever need to find an old email, the search function will find it in seconds. I promise you, this alone will save you so much time.
@Andupaandu
Custom color tip such a lifesaver! I receive 300+ email every day now I can easily seek emails marked to me individually / To me with other & CC!! Cannot thank you enough Leila!
@bankruptpensioner
we have a rule - if it is low priority, we can email, else talk to the person you were going to email. This really works. We really need think differently and consider how best to communicate. Tools like MS Teams are much more effective as well. Great video as per usual.
@yan5699
I've been following Leila for a year and I can't stress enough how grateful I am of her contents. Helps me a lot as a professional. Thanks Leila :)
@TaraWagner
I 100% agree. This is a good happy medium. Once you develop an email routine it's easier to manage it all instead of having the email inbox open in the background and checking whenever a notification appears.
@nudledoo
Thanks for the tips, I do not use an action folder (only follow up folder) I also add a category/colour to focus on a few emails for action in my inbox. yellow = to do, red - urgent, green = waiting for input from someone else. when i put both colours, for example: 1st green, 2nd yellow, that means:1st waiting for reply, 2nd then I need to take some action after that.
@jirikhun6223
Really great video. I am already doing app. 70% of presented tips and I must confirm that it works. I do not have any problems with email any more. The most important came to realize that it is not necessary to be on-line and it is good not reply immediatelly. Just by following this one rule the number of emails decreased about 300%. If people know that you will not reply, they will stop sending tens of emails.
@eklektikTechno
As an IT Professional she is definitely right, i spend the majority of my day filtering through emails.
@moiraariev
I've struggled mightily for YEARS to organize my Inbox more effectively. I've already adopted several of your suggestions since watching this video yesterday -- and just managed to clear out/organize my past two weeks of messages, and now feel quite set up for continued progress. Thank you!
@erindonaghy3809
Thank you Leila! I just started a new job and I wanted to start off with good habits regarding emails. I've already implemented several of your suggestions!💐
@StarWarsFreak2111
I like using the conversation view for my inbox. Having the entire email chain in one drop down box is so much better than hunting through outlook looking for a specific email in a chain, usually just to find an attachment.
@andreanna.j.milton
Omg I need this but I not a computer person I just need you to do it for me lol thank you for video
@rjbush7955
This is great. I've got used to inbox-zero. I also use defined search folders of key people/companies, instead of proper folders/sub folders, which I agree can get out of hand. I've got into the same practice of; if it can be done in minutes, do it and send to archive. If it can wait a bit or might be interesting to read later, I flag it as follow up and move it to archive. It still shows up in the To Do list when it's due. Some feel happy seeing thousands of unread emails. I can't work like that.
@emmakenyon1967
I’ve recently graduated and started a new job and emails once brought me joy and satisfaction but now they bring anxiety and stress. Thank you so much for these tips, this is amazing and is sure to help me filter through and feel on top of it all
@LeilaGharani