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Ep 247: Email Management for Executive Assistants

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In this chapter, I cover tactics for managing your own email inbox, as well as your executive’s. Of course, I’d love to hear your email tips and tricks as I’m always down to get more efficient and productive, so please reach out! LEADERSHIP QUOTE Email is the gateway drug of work; Slack is the crack.

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I Spent Years Trying to Get My First Book Published—This Is What I’ve Learned About Risking Rejection

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Because one day, about six months into my rejection marathon, I opened my inbox to find an email from McGraw-Hill, a major New York publisher, wanting to buy the international rights for Find Your Courage. Don’t waste your rejections; learn and grow from them. It wasn’t easy, but I hung in there and I’m so glad I did.

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Want to Reduce Digital Distractions? Brain Coach Jim Kwik Shares Strategies for Better Focus

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Learning how to deal with digital distractions is really more about training and strengthening that muscle over time. With social media, texts and emails, it’s easy for our brains to suddenly switch into defense mode to fight fires. “The art of success is really the art of attention.” Technology is a tool for us to use. “I’m

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Deloitte Launches In-House AI “PairD” In Europe And Middle East

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According to the report, PairD was developed internally by Deloitte’s AI institute and is designed to assist employees in creating PowerPoint presentations, writing emails, coding, and other tasks. The chatbot is a clear indication of the growing reliance on AI tools and technologies in the professional services industry.

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I Shared My OCD Struggles with 11,000 Employees—Their Responses Showed Me the Importance of Vulnerability in Leadership

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We started a weekly Q&A session along with a weekly email. The internal communications manager who I worked with on my weekly emails sent me a draft, and as usual, I made a few tweaks. My email went out as usual on Thursday morning with my additional paragraphs, and I went about my typical workday. It is better now.

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I Tried Napping Every Day for a Month—Here’s What I Learned About Toxic Hustle Culture

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A more recent study (2021) published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that afternoon naps improve cognition. If I didn’t nap in time, I would lie there forever missing important emails and sacrificing deadlines. Within a week, I had taken a grand total of zero naps.

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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

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Ellison and Darsy learned that the most challenging (and rewarding) parts of being liveaboards in a relationship had little to do with the logistics of sailing and a lot more to do with life, interpersonal dynamics and developing self-awareness in roughly 350 square feet of space. But it’s the vulnerability of the video that strikes a chord.

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