Comments on: Suffering From Project Overload http://shaine.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/suffering-from-project-overload/ 956-205-0706 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:11:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Marc Rohde http://shaine.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/suffering-from-project-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Marc Rohde Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:32:39 +0000 http://www.shainemata.net/2009/02/08/suffering-from-project-overload/#comment-527 One hint that I have found works well for my personal e-mail is to aggressively filter mail from the inbox. The less I see at a glance the more I can concentrate on what is flowing in. For the "bacon" I setup filters as early as possible to keep down the clutter and once it is automatically filed I can concentrate on what is left and should be critical. This doesn't work as well on my work in boxes since they are far less certain but in that case I establish automated alerts to raise the truly critical (like e-mail from my boss) to the top. One hint that I have found works well for my personal e-mail is to aggressively filter mail from the inbox. The less I see at a glance the more I can concentrate on what is flowing in.

For the “bacon” I setup filters as early as possible to keep down the clutter and once it is automatically filed I can concentrate on what is left and should be critical.

This doesn’t work as well on my work in boxes since they are far less certain but in that case I establish automated alerts to raise the truly critical (like e-mail from my boss) to the top.

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