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Email is the most useful tool in the modern business age. If you don’t believe this, try doing without it for a day.

The extent of this transition is best demonstrated when people return from a holiday. Most people do not return to a large in-tray of paper. They may, however, return to a very large number of emails. Working practices, however, have not yet adapted sufficiently to cope with this difference. Many people think, incorrectly, that email can be dealt with in a few minutes and that they do not have to spend time filing them because they are easy to find by date, subject or name of sender.

If you are one of the people who have hundreds, or even thousands, of emails in your inbox, then it is important that you take 5 minutes to look at the fundamental principles of email. If you do not control email, it will control you, causing you to feel stressed and ensuring that you work at a fraction of your optimum efficiency.

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There is nothing new in time management and getting organised. Everybody knows what to do; they merely lack the discipline to do it.

The majority of people give up trying to organise themselves as soon as they stumble and slip back into disorganisation, when what they really need to do is to persevere for a little longer until it becomes a habit. When you reach this point, remaining organised is as easy and as seemingly automatic as reading, riding a bicycle or driving a car.

Here are the most important things you can do to remain organised:

1. Always carry a notebook, telephone or digital recorder to list the things you may need to do.
2. At the end of each day, list the 6 most important things you need to do and the order of importance.
3. Carry your list with you at all times, in whatever form that is convenient, whether it be on a piece ...

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