How to defeat information overload and reduce stress

Spouse, parent, employee, business owner, entrepreneur, friend, volunteer. How many roles do you play? And how much information comes along with each of those roles? Alerts, news articles, checklists, emails, junk mail, bills, phone calls, text messages, meeting invites, fliers, forms…all of it “must do now!” and “read immediately!” We live in a day and…

Why I don’t strive for Inbox Zero: super simple email organization

In any given work day, I receive 100-200 emails. Definitely not Inbox Zero. Some of you may be thinking that’s an insanely low number and some of you are probably overwhelmed by how high that number is. During a busy workday, it’s not uncommon to have 20-30 emails come in while I’m in a single…