Sign #7 - 9 Signs You Have Costly Email Habits
The Reality:
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Lots of folders and subfolders in your inbox?
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You may have a number of similar folders and have trouble remembering which emails go where.
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You might use the search bar in order to find your emails but just can't recall who sent you that email or any specific words that it contained.
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The Consequences:
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Either you spend lots of time looking for emails when you need them or you give up quickly and ask the person to email it to you again.
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Looking for that report from your manager? Problem is you've received lots of emails from your manager and lots of emails that contain the word report.
Some will painstakingly go through every one until they find the email they're after. Time-consuming.
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For others, they give up if the email isn't found quickly. Just like Google searches, many people tend not to look past page one. Therefore if we have to scroll too far, we are likely to give up on searching for that email.
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Have you ever been on the receiving end of someone who constantly asks - "just send it through to me again, can you?" - it's frustrating.
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Can you easily and quickly recall important emails when you need them?