Who wears the pants in your office – you or your email?

Email doesn’t have to be a constant beeping, never ending barrage of orders and reminders. You can take back control of your day by making purposeful decisions about how and when you work on your email.

Merlin Mann at 43 Folders identifies best email practices. Here is an excerpt from an article that is also a funny and sarcastic rant:

• Get less mail: The easiest trick to finding more needles in a haystack is to resist the urge to add unnecessary hay…
• Respond now (or never): The only way an email will ever get out of your life (and out of your worrying brain) is to either deal with it or get rid of it…
• Schedule email work – both small and large: Email should not be something you’re always doing. Checking email every :59 seconds is tantamount to washing rice one grain at a time…

Related articles: Time Management Tips and Take Control of Information Overload.