Email Inbox Overwhelming You? Just Declare “Email Bankruptcy”
The latest trend seems to be overwhelmed executives declaring “Email Bankruptcy” where they basically just discard all their received email and start again or just refuse to use email as a primary form of communication.
Tempting, but not exactly practical I don’t think. Email is definitely misused in certain scenarios where a non-conversational medium is not appropriate and I am a strong believer in using the phone or meeting in person (I know, how 1997) when the situation calls for a quick resolution.
Of course you could always just use Outlook and then you’ll effectively get made bankrupt at least once per year when your .PST database file gets corrupted and you lose all your emails anyway.
Read the full story on the SMH article.