To lose weight and maximize your health, stay well clear of diets and food restrictions. I always thought I could tell if someone was obese just by looking at them. YOU CAN’T! Obesity is so insidious that millions of…
No one said Democracy was easy; but then again whatever’s worthwhile never is. Image by Midjourney The recent American election is the poster child for the state of global democracy; things are precarious at best. Everywhere you turn – from…
From best-selling business books to false prophets, if IT looks too “good” to be true … it is! What is the Halo Effect? The halo effect is a cognitive bias in which our initial or superficial impressions of a person,…
Either the Democratic Party is mind-numbingly stupid, they’re deliberately lying, or they’re drunk on their own B.S. Image Credit-Midjourney How is it possible, in the age of AI (the “I” being dubious at best), that a party with all the might…
If you’re constantly monitoring email, you’re not only stressed, but unproductive. Image Credit-Midjourney We’ve been conditioned—by ourselves and others—to think that emails must be tended to immediately, but if you’ve been following this email series, you know that that’s a…
Never forget: An email sent is an email that can live forever in infamy. Image Credit-Midjourney Any thoughtless, offensive, or careless message can be passed around, posted, or brought up in a courtroom long after the fact. If you need…
Think of Email as a Letter You Would Mail Image Credit-Midjourney Email is Not a Conversation Tool A single email is a stand-alone package of information; in this regard, it’s no different than a letter you’d mail. When your recipient…
Writing the “Hook” and the Body of Your Email Image Credit-Midjourney What happens if your message is too beefy to fit into the subject line? No problem. Your email already has a well-crafted subject that summarizes the content. Before writing…
It all begins with the subject Image Credit-Midjourney The first thing seen in an email is the subject. Since emails are often seen in bunches, your subject line is as critical to your email being read as a headline is…
What You Send is What You Receive Image Credit-Midjourney We harp endlessly about email. Our gripes are many, varied, and often justifiable: There’s no subject. I’m cc’d on an email with no idea why or what I’m supposed to do…
Most of us feel overwhelmed by the continuous flow of incoming email and its associated demands for an obvious reason… we get too many! Image Credit-Midjourney Why Do We Receive Too Many Emails? Because it’s so easy and so convenient……
Now you’re ready to go to work! To-do’s, unlike email, must get done. Image Credit-Midjourney To create a practical to-do list, get a pocket-sized pad of paper, and you’ve got your rolling to-do list in the palm of your hand.…
You’ve got an email Inbox that mirrors a hoarder’s basement – full of junk! This one-time, step-by-step process is like placing a call to 1-800 Email Dumpster – for a complete purge! Image Credit-Midjourney To live in the stress-free world…
Email: Either You Manage IT, or IT WILL Manage You! Image Credit-Midjourney Taking complete charge of this insidious time and productivity thief – “email”, offers a lot of freedom and stress relief. Email is merely a means of exchanging information, so…
If you asked most people how much it costs to send an email, they’d probably think you’re joking, but email comes with a price – in fact, a hefty price. Image Credit-Midjourney What Is the Actual Cost of Sending a…
Our perspective of email is totally dependent on whether we’re the sender or the receiver! Image Credit-Midjourney What Are the Expectations on the Part of the Sender? Right here is the fly-in email ointment… the opposing views of the sender…
Email. It’s a blessing because it allows you to work anywhere; it’s a curse because it allows you to work anywhere. Image Credit-Midjourney “Lo! Men have become the tools of their tools.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Clearly, email is taking…
Email: Either You Manage It, or IT WILL Manage You! Image Credit-Midjourney I’ll never forget the thrill of sending my first fax: “You mean I can just type a letter, print it, and then send it off to anyone, anywhere,…
Image Credit-Midjourney In this 15-part series (see links below) you will learn the insidious effects of mismanaging email and how it affects your time, health, productivity, and quality of life. But you will also learn how you can take complete…
I accepted lower back pain as a natural consequence of aging. I was wrong! The first “wrong” assumption I made was that since I do 30 plough-pose stretches nearly every day, I was sure I was doing everything possible…