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We all know wasting time in our business can cost us money. So why waste time on things that could be simplified? Email is such a powerful tool that we forget it’s a time suck if we’re not using it in the best possible way.

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00:00Let's talk email, you know email was the original async tool.
00:05It is the original async tool.
00:07It just works.
00:09It's a method of just sending a message and not waiting for that notification to see whether they've read it whether they're online.
00:18I hate that.
00:19There's a lot of companies that do like that and I just I don't understand it.
00:24Sorry, I've got an itch but email is a fantastic tool and it's so unused underused.
00:34I should say not unused people use it, but they don't always know the how to get the best out of it.
00:41People use it as a filing cabinet people have millions of folders or tags and then they get lost in it.
00:48Your email shouldn't be your to-do list your email.
00:51I've said this a million times and I'll say it again your email should be coming in you read it.
00:57You take action on it and then you archive it.
00:59You don't need another folder as in follow-up or next you don't need a I will deal with this later.
01:07You don't need a folder for Phyllis from accounting.
01:12You don't need all of these complicated things.
01:16It comes in you deal with it and then you get out get out of it.
01:20If you look at my email inbox, there's nothing in it.
01:23There's absolutely nothing in it.
01:24There's nothing there's nothing in it.
01:26I can't there's nothing there because I don't want to be beholden to another tool.
01:34I mean you're already you already have things that you need to do email is kind of a business tool.
01:40I spoke about work tools and business tools.
01:43I think it was yesterday.
01:45So there are business tools and work tools your email should be a business tool.
01:49You get in get out.
01:51You shouldn't be stuck in email.
01:54You should be stuck in your work tool,
01:56which is a whether it's a CRM or project management tool or to do list or anything like that,
02:04but being stuck in an email is not a great thing also turn off all your notifications for email.
02:11Don't have any notifications again.
02:13It's an async tool you go there to get the information you need pull that information out
02:19and then put that into your work tool CRM Etc.
02:22Etc. And there are many tools out there to help you with this.
02:26By the way, it's not just you're left to your own devices.
02:30So if you need any help with that, there'll be a link below.
02:33Let's have a chat and I'm sure I'll be able to help you out
02:35because you're wasting way too much time on email and you know,
02:39you are anyway.
02:41Have a great day.
02:42I'll see you in the next one.
02:43Ciao.